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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Virtual meetings have boosted local democracy, survey finds

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2021

Nine in 10 councils believe local democracy has improved as a direct result of online council mee...

WHITEHALL

Heseltine: Metro mayors should make more trouble for Boris

By Michael Burton | 14 June 2021

Metro mayors should ‘make more trouble for the Prime Minister’ to deliver their plans, former dep...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Solidarity in a climate of fear

By Claire Fox | 02 June 2021

In the aftermath of a recent religious scandal involving a schoolteacher, Claire Fox salutes the ...

WHITEHALL

Former minister tells government: Stop being so ridiculously tribal

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2021

Ex-Treasury minister Lord Jim O’Neill has told the Government to stop being ‘so ridiculously trib...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Bassetlaw Council holds a COVID safe AGM

By Cllr Simon Greaves | 24 May 2021

Bassetlaw DC not only met safely in public for its AGM, it also elected the UK’s youngest chair o...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Community resilience: preventing the breakdown

By Ann McGauran | 19 May 2021

Governments must change the post-pandemic narrative to avoid community breakdown, says a public h...

ENVIRONMENT

Change is in the air

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

In anticipation of its forthcoming report on councils and net zero, the National Audit Office ask...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Virtual judgements v real impact

By Sir Bob Neill | 12 May 2021

Councils should have the choice of holding remote meetings, not just during the pandemic but afte...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local elections 2021: Look behind the big story

By Jonathan Carr-West | 11 May 2021

A closer look at the Super Thursday outcomes reveals a series of more complex stories, and sugges...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Local elections 2021: The system creaked in the face of the number of polls

By Peter Stanyon | 11 May 2021

There were a variety of problems both ahead of and during polling day, says Peter Stanyon.

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Team Manager - Child Exploitation and Missing Team

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Wakefield Council

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Director of Adults Commissioning and Provider Services

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frederica-diamanta

Team Manager - Child Exploitation and Missing Team

Grade 13 SCP 44 £57,770

Are you passionate about making a difference to our citizens and the district that they reside in? Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director of Children’s Services (DCS)

£149,000 – £175,000

This is a defi ning leadership opportunity in a borough with real momentum Apply for this job

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Adults Commissioning and Provider Services

£100,731 - £104,625

To help us realise this vision, we are seeking an exceptional Director of Adults Commissioning and Provider Services Apply for this job

Trafford Council

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