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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
We need to modernise and strengthen the electoral machinery
By Professor Toby James | 18 September 2019
Professor Toby James says there is a roadmap available that would put elections on the surer grou...
WHITEHALL
'Cracks' starting to show in electoral system
By Paul Marinko | 16 September 2019
Election administrators have warned of ‘cracks’ beginning to show in the electoral system with th...
LEGAL
High Court overturns election result
By William Eichler | 09 September 2019
Swindon Council has welcomed a High Court decision to overturn an election in which the wrong can...
ELECTIONS
Elections staff 'fearful' of national poll
By Martin Ford | 03 September 2019
Council officers are ‘fearful of a General Election’ due to a lack of resources, peers have been ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Under pressure
By Jonathan Carr-West | 14 August 2019
The tragedy of local government is that over a decade of pressure, the urgent has crowded out the...
ELECTIONS
Eight million people missing from electoral register, report warns
By Laura Sharman | 14 August 2019
Millions of people are not registered to vote correctly due to ‘persistent and serious’ problems ...
WHITEHALL
Government stands firm after Pickles plea
By Paul Marinko | 12 August 2019
The Government has said it ‘would not be appropriate’ to pay legal costs to whistleblowers in ele...
ELECTIONS
Pickles: Fraud can change council control
By Naomi Larsson | 24 July 2019
There are still weaknesses in the running of local elections, a House of Lords select committee h...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Open letter to Boris Johnson
By Heather Jameson | 24 July 2019
In an open letter to new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Heather Jameson says: 'I would argue you o...
WHITEHALL
'Nearly everyone' showed correct ID in voter trials
By Naomi Larsson | 22 July 2019
An independent evaluation of voter ID trials in May has found they were a success and ‘nearly eve...
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Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Competitive
The strategic voice of finance at the heart of Dudley. Apply for this job
Director of Commissioning, Procurement & Contract Management
£99k - £103k
When you’re spending ten figures a year, you need to be way beyond just asking ‘how many, and how much? Apply for this job
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
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