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SCRUTINY
Groundwork laid for combined authority
By Martin Ford | 04 March 2021
Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council are pressing ahead with laying the politic...
HEALTH
Local scrutiny should stay embedded in the local community
By Ed Hammond | 02 March 2021
Local scrutiny can and must play an ongoing and supportive role relating to the Secretary of Stat...
SCRUTINY
Building citizen centred systems to deliver the best integrated care
By Anja Beriro | 17 February 2021
Local government has the mechanisms and knowledge to ensure place, neighbourhoods and citizens ar...
WHITEHALL
Sector braced for more Whitehall interventions
By Dan Peters | 17 November 2020
Local government is braced for further Whitehall interventions in the wake of ministers launching...
LEGAL
Picking up lessons from poker
By Nick Graham | 12 October 2020
Nick Graham explains why local authority decision-makers should play more poker, and listen to th...
BUSINESS
Spelthorne assets have 'continued to perform well'
By Dan Peters | 09 October 2020
A council criticised for borrowing millions of pounds to strike deals has said its assets have ‘c...
COUNCILLORS
LGA code of conduct under fire
By Martin Ford | 20 August 2020
A model code of conduct for councillors put forward by the Local Government Association (LGA) lac...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
At the sharp end of Scottish scrutiny
By Ann McGauran | 29 July 2020
The chair of Scotland’s public spending watchdog for councils steps down this month. Graham Sharp...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A review to learn lessons not lay blame
By Lord Bob Kerslake | 27 July 2020
Swift and focused reviews of local decision-making in response to the pandemic should be democrat...
FINANCE
I have a joke but
27 July 2020
Every now and again a social media phenomenon catches the mood and goes viral.
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Chief Executive
£188,576 - £201,902 (pay award pending)
Join us for a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK’s newest and most ambitious councils Apply for this job
Finance Development Accountant
Band I (£55,609 to £59,025)
Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
LGR Programme Director
Up to £120k
This is a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government in Worcestershire. Apply for this job
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