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GOVERNANCE
Governance under strain
By Graeme McDonald | 04 March 2025
'Holding on to our professional integrity, seeking the advice and support of trusted colleagues, ...
LEADERSHIP
A life-changing move for the best
By Michael Burton | 04 March 2025
As retiring Essex CC chief executive Gavin Jones contemplates spending more time with his family ...
FINANCE
Managing pension funds is a local distraction
By Tracie Langley | 27 February 2025
Local authorities should be focusing on building better communities and delivering great services...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Elected council mayors could be 'discontinued'
By Heather Jameson | 13 February 2025
Senior Whitehall officials are keen to scrap directly-elected council mayors despite a fudged com...
INNOVATION
Innovation: the key
By Abdool Kara | 05 February 2025
Local government is feeling the squeeze. To transform services, it must unlock innovation, writes...
GOVERNANCE
Don't get caught in the bubble trap
By Andrew Muter | 29 January 2025
Professor Catherine Staite and Andrew Muter examine the risks that lead to failures within local ...
FINANCE
Hold on to ethical standards in this time of change
By Nicole Wood | 29 January 2025
In her last Money Matters column ahead of taking up the role of chief executive at Essex CC Nicol...
LEADERSHIP
A manifesto for councils under pressure
By Mark Rogers | 23 January 2025
Mark Rogers offers a set of six key indicators he believes can help local authority team leaders ...
WORKFORCE
Is there a gorilla in our midst?
By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2025
Jonathan Werran argues that existing local government staffing and resourcing could struggle to d...
AI
Fearing to tread but longing to learn
By Paul Marinko | 15 January 2025
A delicate balance between worries over risks and excitement at possibilities is shaping local go...
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- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
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Engineering Team Manager (Transportation)
£53,460 - £56,732
Premium jobLead the way. Shape Calderdale’s transport future. Apply for this job
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
Lead Technical Architect
£51,356 - £55,539 per annum
Are you ready to step into a pivotal leadership role where your vision will define the future of the council’s entire technology landscape? Apply for this job
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- Council backlash over asylum reforms
- Future Forum: Councils must put 'rules and tools' in place ahead of political change
- Future Forum: Councils urged to embrace Total Place
- Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation
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