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PLANNING
Keep it communal
By Cllr Barry Wood | 15 August 2023
Former levelling up secretary Greg Clark is wrong to advocate shifting planning from district to ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Stop micro-managing local issues from the centre
By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2023
The Prime Minister has ordered a review of low traffic neighbourhoods, yet as local government mi...
WHITEHALL
Sector to step up anti-mayor lobbying
By Dan Peters | 01 August 2023
The sector is to step up its lobbying for the Government to use its King’s Speech to end its fixa...
HEALTH
A rallying cry for subsidiarity
By Tim Knox | 31 July 2023
The new cross-party Effective Governance Forum’s belief is that power should be devolved to the ‘...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Government must set out its case on remote meetings
By Ian Miller | 24 July 2023
Even if the answer is a reasoned ‘no’, local government deserves the courtesy of being told the G...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Seven in 10 support more control over local services
By William Eichler | 17 July 2023
Nearly 70% of people would like their community to have more control over how local services are ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Ministerial meddling and the four-day working week
By Professor Jonathan Davies | 11 July 2023
For elite politicians, rational, democratic and forward-looking experiments such as the four-day ...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
An attack on the freedom of councils as corporate bodies
By Ian Miller | 11 July 2023
If passed as drafted the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill would mean a ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Optimistic nihilism
By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2023
It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...
FINANCE
Kent to vote on devolution deal
By Heather Jameson | 27 June 2023
Kent CC councillors will vote this week on plans for a devolution deal in a bid to secure more po...
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- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
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Infrastructure Manager – Highways
£71,335 - £75,113
Northumberland is a place of scale, ambition and opportunity. Apply for this job
Service Director – Adult Social Care
£106,769 to £114,229
We’re seeking an inspiring, strategic leader... Apply for this job
Assistant Director – Law, Governance and HR (Monitoring Officer)
Up to £78,510 p.a. (pay award pending)
Lead governance, integrity and legal excellence in Rushcliffe. Apply for this job
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
- Councils cutting services to pay for social care, think tank warns
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