EUROPEAN UNION

Cutting 91,000 civil servants: 'Efficiency' at what cost?

By Lucy Woods | 27 May 2022

Against a backdrop of unprecedented strain, it is difficult to see how a radical reduction in civ...

WHITEHALL

Fears over Procurement Bill red tape

By Martin Ford | 26 May 2022

The Government has rejected concerns that new procurement rules will create more red tape for loc...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Council leaders warn of post-Brexit shortage of professional regulators

By William Eichler | 18 May 2022

Local authority leaders have urged the Government to do more to train staff to work in the regula...

FINANCE

Will the fair funding review be another damp squib?

By David Phillips | 11 May 2022

David Phillips says that, if the fair funding review becomes a repeat of the UK Shared Prosperity...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Telling London's story

By Ann McGauran | 02 May 2022

There are votes to be had from ‘bashing the city’ and the story that levelling up has to mean tak...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Planning for the new workforce

By Michael Burton | 27 April 2022

Hybrid working and chronic shortages mean councils need to radically rethink their workforce stra...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Shared Prosperity Fund shortfall leaves a gaping hole at the heart of levelling up

By Henri Murison | 22 April 2022

The Shared Prosperity Fund allocations present a bleak picture, and represent serious cuts, but t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rhythms and rhetoric do not a devolution make

By Heather Jameson | 20 April 2022

There is still a long way to go before the Johnson Government’s devolution rhetoric feels like a ...

DEVOLUTION

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: there is time to put flaws right

By Lord Bob Kerslake | 19 April 2022

Lord Bob Kerslake says the UK Shared Prosperity Fund has fallen short on all of his three key tes...

PAY

A national workforce strategy is needed to tackle skills shortage

By Michael Burton | 13 April 2022

With pay likely to remain stagnant and labour shortages to continue, local authorities need a rob...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

£185,000 - £200,000 subject to final approval

Dorset is a county like no other – a place of stunning natural beauty, thriving communities, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Dorset Council

Chief Executive

£188,061

A Borough with its sights set on the future. Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Head of Law Procurement & Information Governance

Management Grade 3 - £87,330 - £95,268 per annum

We are seeking a new Head of Law Procurement & Information Governance to lead on the provision of legal services to our five local authorities... Apply for this job

South London Legal Partnership