PLANNING

Election headaches lie ahead

By Ian Miller | 08 February 2023

The requirement to produce voter ID in May 2023 and new rules about handing in postal votes in 20...

ELECTIONS

Last-minute voter ID certificates spike predicted

By Martin Ford | 07 February 2023

Officials are braced for a last-minute surge of voter ID certificate requests ahead of this year’...

DEVOLUTION

The next showrunners

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2023

Jonathan Werran says that, whatever and whoever is running the show after next year’s General Ele...

WHITEHALL

Officials may break law by using tablets at elections

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2023

Returning officers (ROs) are weighing up whether to risk breaking the law by replacing paper regi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Potential investment from a Norfolk deal would be a huge boost

By Sheila Oxtoby | 23 January 2023

Sheila Oxtoby says the county deal for Norfolk might not be the one everyone would have liked or ...

FINANCE

The political campaign starts now

By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 January 2023

The looming General Election means we’re unlikely to see radical progress in social care, local g...

ELECTIONS

Voter ID to be probed

By Martin Ford | 14 December 2022

An independent review will be held following May’s local elections to gauge the impact of new vot...

PLANNING

Review of 2022

By Martin Ford | 14 December 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, Martin Ford looks back on the ups and downs of a year that was dominate...

FINANCE

Fears as ministers eye rising council reserves

By Heather Jameson | 14 December 2022

New Government plans to scrutinise council reserves have sparked fresh fears ministers are encour...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Call for voter ID delay

By Martin Ford | 12 December 2022

Councils have made a last-minute plea to delay voter ID requirements at elections amid fears ther...

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Service Director - Strategic Housing, Property and Safer Communities

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We are looking for a strategic and resilient leader to become our next Assistant Director of Strategic Housing, Property and Safer Communities. Apply for this job

City Of Doncaster Council

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Dacorum Borough Council

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