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ELECTIONS
Five authorities to demand voter ID
By Mark Conrad | 20 September 2017
Voters across five local authority areas will be required to show ID before they can participate ...
ELECTIONS
Electoral staff 'need improvement'
By Hiba Mahamadi | 20 September 2017
Plymouth City Council must take ‘urgent action’ to improve the quality of its elections staff aft...
FINANCE
'Whitehall is committed to full rates retention'
By Dan Peters | 20 September 2017
Local government minister Marcus Jones has insisted the Government is ‘still fully committed to p...
WHITEHALL
Jones: Government fully committed to rates retention
By Dan Peters | 14 September 2017
Local government minister Marcus Jones has insisted the Government is ‘still fully committed to p...
FINANCE
LGA calls for government to lift planning fees freeze
By Dan Peters | 31 August 2017
Councils have ramped up their calls for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG...
ELECTIONS
Invisible women
30 August 2017
The IPPR think-tank has just released a report highlighting the lack of women in combined authori...
WHITEHALL
'Wall of silence' blocking county devo
By Dan Peters | 16 August 2017
Councils covering areas outside cities have been left frustrated after being met by a ‘wall of si...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Griffin replaces retiring Rickards
02 August 2017
Sedgemoor DC has approved a new interim chief executive.
FINANCE
Should we be Keynesian about spending to offset Brexit?
By Michael Burton | 19 July 2017
If austerity as a name is history, if only for political reasons, then its successor, scarcity, i...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Men dominate top roles at authorities
By Hiba Mahamadi | 19 July 2017
Female chief executives are outnumbered two to one even though women make up 78% of the local gov...
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- LGA proposes alternative to commissioners
- Manchester 'won't rest' until behaviour concerns addressed
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
- Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
Chief Executive
Competitive Salary
You will lead an organisation with ambition, complexity and reach, while helping shape the future of a place Apply for this job
Director of Family Help & Children’s Social Care
Up to £123,477
To help drive this vision forward, we’re seeking an exceptional Director of Family Help & Children’s Social Care. Apply for this job
Deputy Director Children’s Services (Director of Children’s Social Care)
Competitive Salary
Lead with Purpose. Change Lives. Apply for this job
- LGA proposes alternative to commissioners
- Manchester 'won't rest' until behaviour concerns addressed
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
- Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
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