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LEADERSHIP
Rewiring the State: Why collaborative leadership matters for local government
By Alison Whiteley | 16 October 2026
Collaborative leadership and cross-sector partnerships are essential to delivering better local public services, says Alison Whiteley.
LATCOS
Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
By Justin Galliford | 14 October 2026
Norse Group’s Justin Galliford looks at how partnership can help councils preserve choice through...
DEVOLUTION
Rewiring the state: turning central-local partnership into action
By Graeme McDonald | 06 October 2026
Graeme McDonald looks at how Whitehall and local government can turn partnership, trust and ambit...
SOCIAL VALUE
What community-business partnerships taught me about social value
By Dan Ebanks | 25 September 2026
Dan Ebanks considers what several years of matching businesses with community organisations has t...
HOUSING
The keys to successful partnership
By Glenn Allum | 24 September 2026
Partner at Campbell Tickell David Williams and director Glenn Allum set out the seven key factors...
WELSH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Working together in Wales
By Dan Peters | 21 September 2026
As shellshocked English council leaders bemoan the loss of trust in government over the delay to ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Local government model 'unsustainable'
By Joe Lepper | 16 September 2026
Wales’ current model of local government is ‘unsustainable’ due to growing demand, financial pres...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Burnham wish for new settlement with sector
By Dan Peters | 10 September 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told council leaders he wants to ‘create a new settlement between...
HOUSING
Turning housing ambition into local government delivery
By Victoria Searle | 02 September 2026
Andy Burnham’s pledges to end rough sleeping and usher in the biggest post-war council housebuild...
REORGANISATION
What local leadership needs to thrive
By Robin Rogers | 27 August 2026
Reflecting on the Government’s preference for three unitaries for Oxfordshire and West Berkshire,...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
The case for fundamental reform of adult social care
By Alison Whiteley | 14 August 2026
Alison Whiteley explains why councils must help shape a more preventative, person-centred future ...
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Assistant Director of Legal and Governance (Deputy Monitoring Officer)
£91,639 to £99,427
We are seeking someone with a strong grounding in local government law and governance, or experience gained in a similar environment. Apply for this job
Head of Skills and Opportunity
£80,737 - £89,465
You will be at the heart of a rapidly changing education, employment and skills landscape. Apply for this job
Director of Planning and Building Control
up to £140,000
Our new director will play a key role at the heart of the Council’s ambitious agenda for place‐based growth and regeneration. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Outgoing Solace president issues rewiring the state warning
- Chiefs weigh up career costs of LGR pause
- Local government: Time for tougher standards to deal with abuse and bullying
- Solace standards report highlights lack of police engagement
- Local government pandemic planning criticised by Covid Inquiry
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