Reorganisation

By Heather Jameson | 12 November 2015

Birmingham City Council could be broken up into ten sub councils, according to plans outlined by ...

Crunch Lancashire devolution meeting next week

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2015

Council leaders from Lancashire will meet next week to thrash out the next steps on devolution to...

FINANCE

Pressure mounts on Cambridgeshire to form unitary

By Thomas Bridge | 28 October 2015

Business leaders in Cambridgeshire have called for the region’s councils to be reorganised into a...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

WLGA calls for talks

By Sam Clayden | 21 October 2015

The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has called for all leaders and parties to be involv...

WHITEHALL

Stop bickering – work together or fight it out

By Heather Jameson | 20 October 2015

It seems the moment George Osborne stepped down from his party conference speech, the questions o...

PLANNING

Get up and go

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2015

ADEPT – the Association of Directors of Environment. Economy, Planning and Transport – under the...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Elected mayors 'could stunt county economies'

By Sam Clayden | 20 October 2015

County leaders have called on the Government to be flexible in delivering suitable governance mod...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

County and unitary agree to share chief in national first

By Thomas Bridge | 15 October 2015

Cambridgeshire CC and Peterborough City Council have agreed to share a chief executive, in the fi...

BUSINESS

Councils' failing ICT firm to close in the red

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 October 2015

An ICT firm launched by Cheshire East and Chester West & Chester councils is to close after repor...

WHITEHALL

SOLACE Summit: Dawes wants devo offers that cannot be refused

By Dan Peters | 08 October 2015

The Department of Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) permanent secretary has told council ...

Assistant Director Democracy, Information and Elections

£78,000 - £84,000

Reporting to the General Counsel, you will be a Deputy Monitoring Officer who will lead and develop democratic services... Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Social Care Assessment & Reablement Manager (STAR)

Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£53,885 - £57,195) per annum

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality reablement and support for service users to live independently? Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Strategic Director Finance (deputy s.151)

£113,431 to £125,279

We’ve made a promising start, with the Commissioners’ report last summer recognising our substantial progress. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council