ECONOMIC GROWTH

Meeting the levelling up challenge: matching investors with councils

14 March 2023

The MJ is about to launch its Investment Guide to the UK and has teamed up with an exciting new ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Planning for resilience

By Sandy Forsyth | 08 March 2023

Localis’s Sandy Forsyth outlines the case for a national plan to ensure place-based best practice...

FINANCE

Councils should become primary provider of childcare, survey finds

By Mark Conrad | 06 March 2023

Councils should become the primary provider of state-subsidised childcare designed to get parents...

BUSINESS

LGPS consultants accused of 'group-think'

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2023

An independent expert has accused the big consultants of ‘group-think’ as he called for more Loca...

HUMAN RESOURCES

District leaders welcome proposed planning fee boost

By William Eichler | 01 March 2023

District council leaders have welcomed a proposal that could increase planning fees to help over-...

PLANNING

Counties' infrastructure funding faces cuts, report claims

By Mark Whitehead | 28 February 2023

Funding for infrastructure in county areas could be cut under new planning reforms, council leade...

WHITEHALL

The problem with over-reach

By Patrick Diamond | 21 February 2023

Patrick Diamond examines the continuing dysfunctionality at the centre that is holding back Engli...

CLIMATE CHANGE

A call for parity at the UK's edges

By Cllr Linda Taylor | 21 February 2023

Cllr Linda Taylor says the Government’s renewed enthusiasm for levelling up is a reset moment for...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local government in the Land of the Long White Cloud

By Alex Parmley | 15 February 2023

Alex Parmley offers a leadership perspective from a district council in New Zealand, where local ...

PLANNING

Concerns over future housing supply

By Martin Ford | 19 January 2023

Experts have shared doubts over the Government’s approach to planning reform.

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Chief Digital and Information Officer

£88,679 to £103,255

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Reading Borough Council

Executive Director, Operations

£97,601 per annum

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)

£91,230-£102,921

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

Rochdale BC

frederica-diamanta

Chief Digital and Information Officer

£88,679 to £103,255

Now is a great time to look at joining Reading. Apply for this job

Reading Borough Council

Executive Director, Operations

£97,601 per annum

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)

£91,230-£102,921

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

Rochdale BC