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WHITEHALL
When the jury is still out
By John Stewart | 01 August 2007
In ‘Brown’s constitutional challenge’ (The MJ, 21 June), we put forward tests to assess Gordon B...
WHITEHALL
Comparing Lyons to Layfield
By John Stewart | 12 April 2007
The Lyons report is a major contribution to the development of local government in the 20th centu...
WHITEHALL
Hello to the bye-laws
By John Stewart | 28 February 2007
New powers to enact bye-laws without Whitehall permission could be a boon to local authorities’ ‘...
WHITEHALL
Making friends and influencing people
By John Stewart | 10 January 2007
No-one has explained why it was essential to issue the White Paper on local government in October.
WHITEHALL
Free the mayoral chains
By John Stewart | 20 December 2006
The Government is pushing for directly-elected mayors – and there is talk of directly-elected cab...
WHITEHALL
Putting a dampener on structure
By John Stewart | 13 December 2006
Few have commented on the local government White Paper’s new option for political structures – th...
WHITEHALL
Will they learn to listen?
By John Stewart | 08 November 2006
George Jones and John Stewart welcome the Local Government White paper
HEALTH
Bevan's U-turn
By John Stewart | 26 September 2006
In 1954, Labour’s pioneer of the NHS, Aneurin Bevan, wrote an article in the-then Municipal Journ...
FINANCE
Held to accountability
By John Stewart | 11 September 2006
George Jones and John Stewart – who were on the original Layfield Committee looking into local go...
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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
- Future Forum: Councils urged to embrace Total Place
- Epping Forest ends legal fight over asylum hotel
- Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation
- Future Forum: Councils must put 'rules and tools' in place ahead of political change
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