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COUNCIL TAX
An agent of change
By Dan Peters | 14 March 2023
Unitarisation was a positive thing for Buckinghamshire, says chief executive Rachael Shimmin. Dan...
REORGANISATION
Keeping local government local
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As delegates gather for the District Councils’ Network Annual Conference in Hertfordshire, Colin ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Culture clash doomed merger
By Martin Ford | 11 January 2023
Councils should be wary of clashing of cultures after it led to the collapse of a council merger,...
DEVOLUTION
Lincolnshire in mayoral devolution deal push
By Martin Ford | 21 December 2022
Lincolnshire’s upper-tier councils are to press for a devolution deal including an elected mayor.
PLANNING
Transformation stalled at unitary's planning service, peers find
By Martin Ford | 19 December 2022
‘Widespread dissatisfaction’ with enforcement has been uncovered by a peer review of a new unitar...
FINANCE
Carter: Reorganisation will boost fiscal devolution case
By Mark Conrad | 13 December 2022
Fiscal devolution must be accompanied by reorganisation and growth incentives if councils are to ...
DEVOLUTION
Labour launches its plans for devo without the detail
By Heather Jameson | 07 December 2022
Heather Jameson says Gordon Brown’s report is more notable for what it lacks than the warm words ...
REORGANISATION
Now back to the real world
By Chris Tambini | 30 November 2022
Chris Tambini takes a fantastical look at what he thinks a rational secretary of state could do -...
REORGANISATION
Mayoral model faces opposition in Cornwall
By Martin Ford | 29 November 2022
There are doubts over Cornwall Council’s devolution deal as the issue of a mayor remains a sticki...
FINANCE
Council in talks over safety valve breach
By Martin Ford | 03 November 2022
Dorset Council is holding talks with Whitehall as it expects to breach an agreement to pay off it...
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Advanced Social Work Practitioner
£51,356.00 - £54,495.00, Grade 12, 37 hours, Permanent
You will be expected and enabled to contribute to workforce development and staff wellbeing. Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Operational Maintenance)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobThis is an exciting time to join Calderdale’s Highways Maintenance service. Apply for this job
Director of Public Health
£109,483 to £122,620
This is a rare and career-defining opportunity to shape the future of public health Apply for this job
- Former local government minister Phil Woolas dies
- Wirral management overhaul to create executive director roles
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- LGA to recruit interim chief
- Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
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