SOCIAL CARE

A tale of two factions

By Martin Ford | 26 July 2022

As the Tory leadership candidates start setting out their campaign policies, how much are they re...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Social care and the leadership contest: what next?

25 July 2022

Martin Routledge looks at what people, councils and support providers need from the Conservative ...

COUNCILLORS

Tory leadership candidates pitch to councillors

By Paul Marinko | 21 July 2022

Upper tier councils apparently left ‘with a smile on their faces’ after the two remaining candida...

PLANNING

Government to gain 'blank cheque' planning powers

By Martin Ford | 20 July 2022

A controversial new clause in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will hand more powers over p...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Saying it as it is

19 July 2022

Diary is based just a hop, skip and a jump away from the Houses of Parliament.

COVID

Time for a system reset

By Paul O’Brien | 19 July 2022

Paul O'Brien says the new Prime Minister should think about a system reset away from a failed cen...

HOUSING

The new PM needs to get on with levelling up

By Andrew Carter | 19 July 2022

'The crisis has proved it is more important than ever to bolster our cities and towns against fut...

CLIMATE CHANGE

What lies ahead for the flagship agendas?

By Rob Whiteman | 19 July 2022

'Securing long-term funding was always needlessly tricky for local authorities, but will become e...

FINANCE

As bad as rotten boroughs

By Michael Burton | 19 July 2022

We did not create universal suffrage in order for 0.5% of the electorate to vote for the next Pri...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Employers warn against local pay deals

By Chris Mahony | 19 July 2022

Councils have been warned against undermining the ‘fundamental integrity’ of national talks by ag...

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Corporate Director of Children and Family Services

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Forged through an industrial past, Stoke-on-Trent is a city with creativity and kindness at its heart. Apply for this job

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