SOLACE

The truth about council failures

By Paul Marinko | 19 June 2023

As the sorry saga of financial failures at the likes of Woking BC and Thurrock Council continues ...

WHITEHALL

Progress on devolution 'too slow' - LGA vice-president

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2023

A Local Government Association vice-president has expressed ‘serious concerns about the Governmen...

FINANCE

Minister visits Edinburgh to mark tourism tax legislation

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2023

Public finance minister Tom Arthur visited Edinburgh to mark the publication of a Bill that would...

BUSINESS

Levelling up and devolution 'still too slow'

By Michael Burton | 23 May 2023

The gap between the highest and lowest ranked UK cities is narrowing but levelling up and devolut...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Building back local trust

By Tom Forth | 18 April 2023

In the current climate of low turnouts in local elections, Tom Forth considers how councils could...

DEVOLUTION

East Midlands Tories demand Gove act to prevent 'two-tiered' devolution

By Paul Marinko | 03 April 2023

Nottinghamshire CC leader Ben Bradley has demanded ministers act to avoid ‘a two-tiered system of...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

This Budget is much ado about déjà vu

By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2023

The past decade has seen Budget after Budget pledging to ‘level up’ and ‘devolve down’, but to wh...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Northern Powerhouse architect calls for swift fiscal devolution

By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2023

One of the architects of the Northern Powerhouse has called for a five-step devolution of fiscal ...

WALES

Powys invited for talks on levy

By Martin Ford | 23 February 2023

The council has passed a motion calling for a levy on piped water and energy that leaves the auth...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Under the volcano

By Will Mapplebeck | 21 February 2023

Will Mapplebeck joined the Japan Local Government Centre’s Japan Study Tour to look at how local ...

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Chief Digital and Information Officer

£88,679 to £103,255

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Reading Borough Council

Executive Director, Operations

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Ashfield is thriving. We are proud of our district and our ambition is to be ‘great’ across all our services. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council

Assistant Director Legal, Governance and Coroners (Monitoring Officer)

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Rochdale Borough Council is looking for a pioneering, passionate and proud Assistant Director of Legal, Governance and Coroners (Monitoring Officer). Apply for this job

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