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SCRUTINY
A toolkit for good governance
By Lord Bob Kerslake | 09 March 2021
Launched this week, a new framework for examining complex local governance challenges focused on ...
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...
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up to £179,404 per annum
Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
Director of Social Work and Social Care
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You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job
Housing Ombudsman
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