HOUSING

Kirklees favours bringing thousands of council properties back in-house

By Ann McGauran | 18 December 2019

Kirklees MBC is favouring the option of returning thousands of council homes to the management of...

SCRUTINY

Scrutiny is still the 'poor relation' in councils

03 December 2019

A survey has revealed scrutiny remains a poor relation to the executive function in local governm...

WHITEHALL

Think tanks to produce 'toolkit' to improve governance

By Chris Mahony | 07 October 2019

A project part-funded by Whitehall and the Local Government Association aims to produce ‘practica...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

What is the future for audit?

By Paul Dossett | 01 October 2019

Paul Dossett puts the case for a new type of oversight body for local audit that would take a str...

COUNCILLORS

Solace preview: Evolving our approach to ethics and standards

By Jacqui McKinlay | 18 September 2019

Local government is well-placed to lead the way in evolving and supporting ethical standards to k...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Mastering the art of commercial destiny

By Eric Bohl | 20 August 2019

Solace has been considering how councils should best participate in the market. Eric Bohl reports...

FINANCE

Council to change finance approach after review

By Paul Marinko | 07 August 2019

Warrington BC has ‘consistently overspent’ against parts of its budget and needs to change its ap...

FINANCE

Standards bearer

By Heather Jameson | 16 July 2019

As communities secretary James Brokenshire launched a review of the local government audit regime...

FINANCE

Bringing new members up to speed on funding

By Ann McGauran | 09 July 2019

England’s new cadre of councillors need to navigate a perfect storm of financial challenges. How ...

SCRUTINY

Review into Northamptonshire highways contract announced

By Martin Ford | 28 June 2019

A review into Northamptonshire CC’s highways contract with KierWSP has been launched.

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Corporate Director of Regeneration, Economy and Growth

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One of the biggest unitary councils in the country, and the largest economy in the North-East... Apply for this job

Durham County Council

Strategic Director

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