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PLANNING
Building consensus, not just houses
By Imran Hashmi | 21 October 2024
Imran Hashmi of New Local explains why forging a consensual approach to planning begins with empo...
WHITEHALL
Three elements will be important for mission-driven government
By Jessica Studdert | 25 June 2024
Jess Studdert sets out the three aspects that will be crucial if mission-driven government is to ...
ELECTIONS
Time to all pull together for a joined-up future
By Heather Jameson | 05 June 2024
Camden LBC leader Georgia Gould – the Labour candidate for Maida Vale and Queen’s Park - wants st...
COHESION
Stronger Things: 'Go deeper to deal with the age of division'
By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2024
Using community power to tackle highly polarised local problems requires ‘going deeper and deeper...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Stronger Things: Chief champions need to 'renew democracy'
By Paul Marinko | 04 June 2024
Councils can ‘renew democracy from the grassroots up,’ a borough chief has claimed in a plea for ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Stronger Things: Public services are structured for waste, says Denham
By Heather Jameson | 04 June 2024
The current system of public services is structured to create waste, a former local government se...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Stronger Things: Real interest in community power at the top of Labour
By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2024
There is ‘real interest and engagement’ among Labour politicians nationally in community power al...
WELFARE
Knitting the net to tackle hardship
By More recently the Household Support Fund (HSF) has played a crucial role in bolstering this provision. But the HSF is now due to end in September. This is deeply short-sighted. As the National Audit Office has shown, local welfare assistance generates savings for other parts of local and national government by preventing crises spiralling. | 28 May 2024
Speaker at New Local's upcoming Stronger Things 2024 Katie Schmuecker argues councils are key to ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Treasury civil servants considering how income tax devolution could work
By Dan Peters | 21 May 2024
Treasury officials are considering how the idea of devolving powers to local government to retain...
TRANSFORMATION
Strength in numbers
30 April 2024
Stronger Things comes at a crucial point, when delegates can set the agenda for a new government ...
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Assistant Chief Executive
UP TO £190,000
We are seeking a strategic and forward-thinking leader who can bring together HR, Legal, Strategy, Digital and Communications Apply for this job
Executive Director of Environment and Place
UP TO £190,000
An ambitious and visible leader, you will increase green flags for our parks and open spaces Apply for this job
Impact Director – Sector Voice
up to £139,000
You will lead multidisciplinary teams covering economic growth and place, local government finance, workforce, Apply for this job
- Defining the 2030 council comms leadership challenge
- EXCLUSIVE: Councils call for more regulation amid facial recognition rollout
- Burnham 'growth in every postcode' ambition dismissed
- Scots council map to be torn up
- Disciplinary investigations: Tackling a hidden public health issue inside our workplaces
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