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DEVOLUTION
The 'sticky' stuff
By Jonathan Werran | 26 October 2021
Local government has a battle on its hand with ministers to convince it can make policy cohere at...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Joining the dots
By Ann McGauran | 24 October 2021
Ahead of COP26, the Government has published its route map for reaching net-zero emissions, but i...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Lagging behind the retrofit challenge
By Jonathan Werran | 21 October 2021
We risk deepening a divide between rich and poor and different parts of the compass unless we loc...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Retrofitting risks 'dangerous divide'
By Martin Ford | 18 October 2021
Councils should have a role to play in avoiding widening regional inequalities when retrofitting ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Why we need to talk about floodplains
By Grace Newcombe | 12 October 2021
Continuing to build new homes in floodplain areas without resilience measures is a planned catast...
PLANNING
How to build communities
By Jonathan Werran | 05 October 2021
We need a long-term approach to investing in housing and placemaking that puts the needs of commu...
PLANNING
Planning for posterity
By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2021
If we want to ensure the younger generation doesn’t miss out on housing opportunities, the focus ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils push back over reserves raid threat
By Dan Peters | 13 July 2021
Council chiefs have pushed back as the Treasury eyes up the sector’s reserves in the run up to th...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Skills devolution key to levelling up
By Martin Ford | 05 July 2021
A panel of experts brought together by the Localis think-tank discussed how to bring about econom...
FINANCE
Sector should challenge 'poisonous narrative' around commercialism
By Martin Ford | 29 June 2021
Councils should not be held back from responsible commercial investments because of high-profile ...
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Director of People Services
£106,305 - £116,305
This pivotal leadership role will drive the development and delivery of our People Strategy Apply for this job
Service Manager – Quality Assurance & Practice Development
£54,994 - £62,777 per annum
Lead excellence in social work practice and help shape continuous improvement across Children’s Services. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
c.£235,000
In April 2027, West Surrey Council will become one of England's largest new unitary authorities Apply for this job
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