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DEVOLUTION
Elected mayor 'stumbling block' warning
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024
Ministers’ insistence on a directly-elected mayor for areas seeking fresh powers is ‘fast appeari...
FIRE SAFETY
NAO: 60% of buildings with flammable cladding still not identified
By William Eichler | 04 November 2024
Up to 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding have not yet been identified seven years on from t...
COUNCILLORS
EXCLUSIVE: Ministers look to strengthen councillor standards
By Dan Peters | 24 October 2024
The new Government is considering options to strengthen the standards and conduct for those in lo...
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
Ensuring citizens' assemblies land
By Graham Smith | 11 October 2024
Graham Smith argues that failing to make citizens’ assemblies effective can do serious damage to ...
POLITICS
Warm words but little in the way of answers
By Heather Jameson | 26 September 2024
The Starmer Government has clearly framed the issues but so far has very little in the way of ans...
DEVOLUTION
Rayner confirms devolution agreements
By William Eichler | 19 September 2024
Four deals have been signed off in what deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner described as ‘only th...
DEVOLUTION
Labour scraps counties' devo deals
By Paul Marinko | 12 September 2024
Norfolk and Suffolk CCs have revealed the new Labour Government has scrapped the directly-elected...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Gough: Local government under water
By Emily Twinch | 04 September 2024
‘Big changes’ to tackle the ‘structural problems’ facing local government are needed to help coun...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Tewkesbury votes to change name to North Gloucestershire
By Paul Marinko | 04 September 2024
Tewkesbury BC has voted to change its name to North Gloucestershire BC from December this year.
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
New charter for Oxfordshire councils is a great platform to build on
By Cllr Liz Leffman | 09 August 2024
The Oxfordshire Councils Charter, aimed at improving local democracy, is the first in the country...
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- Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
- LGA proposes alternative to commissioners
- Manchester 'won't rest' until behaviour concerns addressed
Chief Executive
Competitive Salary
You will lead an organisation with ambition, complexity and reach, while helping shape the future of a place Apply for this job
Director of Family Help & Children’s Social Care
Up to £123,477
To help drive this vision forward, we’re seeking an exceptional Director of Family Help & Children’s Social Care. Apply for this job
Deputy Director Children’s Services (Director of Children’s Social Care)
Competitive Salary
Reporting to the Director of Children’s Services, you will lead services across one of England Apply for this job
- Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
- LGA proposes alternative to commissioners
- Manchester 'won't rest' until behaviour concerns addressed
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