WHITEHALL

Elected mayors ideal to top combined authorities

By Colin Copus | 15 January 2015

Professor of local politics at De Montfort University, Colin Copus, admits that directly-elected ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The mayor the merrier?

By Dan Peters | 12 January 2015

Dan Peters talks to leading local government figures to assess whether directly-elected mayors ar...

FINANCE

It's not Armageddon, we're getting on with it

By Stephen Evans | 09 January 2015

The next time you hear about Barnet LBC’s pursuit of local government armageddon, you might stop ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Pickles announces ex-council chief Caller as Tower Hamlets commissioner

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2014

Former council chief executive Max Caller has been announced as one of the commissioners who will...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Brum is too big to fail

By Heather Jameson | 15 December 2014

Too big to handle or just badly managed? Britain’s second city has come under the spotlight, with...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Tweeting the gap between #localgov and communities

By Adam Leeder | 12 December 2014

This year councils showed a greater appetite for and invested more time in using social media tha...

FINANCE

Autumn Statement: what to do now the circus has left town?

By Martin Cresswell | 11 December 2014

Local government must not allow the political expediency of the Autumn Statement to deflect it fr...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Beware the local government that bites back

By Heather Jameson | 10 December 2014

Eric Pickles has created a more confident, more politicised local government with the determinati...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Murphy calls for Scottish devo max

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 December 2014

The Scottish Labour Party leadership candidate Jim Murphy has called for more powers to be transf...

FINANCE

Keeping it together

By Paul O'Brien | 01 December 2014

The next five years are going to test some of the fundamental principles of local government, so ...

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York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Legal (Monitoring Officer)

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East Midlands Combined County Authority

frederica-diamanta

Director of Economy

£95,050 - £105,438 plus relocation package

This is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Legal (Monitoring Officer)

£73,755-82,065 plus relocation package

This is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Transport Strategy

£59,057 - £65,296

Join our new organisation as Head of Transport Strategy to connect a whole region for transformational impact. Apply for this job

East Midlands Combined County Authority