MANAGEMENT

A council's culture eats its strategies for breakfast, dinner and tea

By Donna Hall | 29 January 2019

Rip up all those wordy strategies that hardly anyone even reads. They just don’t work, says Donna...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Better Times?

By Blair McPherson | 29 January 2019

The prospect of working somewhere where the aim is more than survival is tempting.But Blair Mcphe...

SOLACE

Local Government: A view from Australia and beyond

By Bill Taylor | 25 January 2019

As the UK contemplates a post-Brexit future, Bill Taylor argues for local government not to retre...

SOCIAL CARE

The risk paradox

By Andy Begley | 23 January 2019

The conflict between ‘traditional’ public sector risk management and the pace required to deliver...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Preparing tomorrow's leaders

By Richard Wills | 23 January 2019

How do you know what it is like to run a local authority? The MJ is sponsoring a series of region...

MANAGEMENT

I'm proud to have been a local government chief executive

By Sandra Dinneen | 23 January 2019

In her last column for districtview, Sandra Dinneen says she believes that as a sector we underpl...

FINANCE

We still need to plan for the medium-term

By Adele Taylor | 23 January 2019

Adele Taylor explains why a medium-term financial strategy is still important for councils, despi...

WHITEHALL

Monitoring officer review call

By Dan Peters | 22 January 2019

The organisation representing legal and governance council officers is to push for a Government r...

FINANCE

Projected overspend more than triples

By Chris Mahony | 21 January 2019

The projected overspend facing Highland Council’s care, learning and housing department more than...

DIGITAL

How two councils are facing the cultural challenge of cybersecurity together

By Dave Pearce | 17 January 2019

Budget challenges as a consequence of austerity led Bolton and Wigan Council Partnership to take ...

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Chief Officer - Capital

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The increase in new highway construction is having a direct impact on the highway service delivery Apply for this job

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