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COMBINED AUTHORITY

Mayors can relieve council pressures, says report

By Emily Twinch | 08 October 2024

Mayoral combined authorities (MCAs) can help with long-standing policy challenges in public servi...

POLITICS

Former mandarin to join The Future Governance Forum

By Paul Marinko | 23 September 2024

Former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara will join think-tank The Future Governance Forum ...

HOUSING

Call to end 'ministerial churn' to improve housing delivery

By Martin Ford | 30 August 2024

A call has been made for an end to ‘ministerial churn’ to improve housing delivery.

SOCIAL CARE

Social care reform funding diverted to system delivery

By Martin Ford | 25 July 2024

Billions of pounds intended to reform social care have instead been diverted to propping up the c...

FINANCE

IPPR calls for new 'proportional' property charge to replace council tax

By Paul Marinko | 20 September 2021

The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called for a new ‘proportional’ property tax t...

PLANNING

Districts hit back at think tank planning proposals

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2021

District councils have hit back at a think-tank’s call for the Government to transfer planning po...

DIGITAL

Bridging the great divide

By Erica Roscoe | 01 September 2021

What can be done to reduce the digital divide? Erica Roscoe looks at recent research centred on E...

PLANNING

Councils 'resistant' to repurposing empty commercial space

By William Eichler | 20 July 2021

A think-tank has accused local authorities of being ‘resistant’ to measures that could see empty ...

FINANCE

Social care reform depends on market overhaul

By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021

Social care reform will ‘fail’ without addressing weaknesses in the provider market, a think-tank...

COUNCIL TAX

Think-tank calls for reform of 'regressive' council tax in Scotland

By Laura Sharman | 12 April 2021

Council tax in Scotland should be increased to the same levels as the rest of the UK, a think-tan...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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Stevenage Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Care Services

£158,000

This is an exciting time to be joining Hertfordshire County Council. Apply for this job

Hertfordshire County Council

Assistant Director - People & Change

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Cambridge is a city of global reputation and local pride – a place of ideas, innovation and inclusion. Apply for this job

Cambridge City Council