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ECONOMIC GROWTH
The finite capacity of civil society
By Sarah Longlands | 13 November 2018
How much capacity has civil society got to absorb the increased demands on its financial and huma...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Say 'no' to municipal censorship
By Claire Fox | 30 October 2018
When grassroots activists proactively engage in the democratic process, they should be allowed to...
BUSINESS
Council buys company in £17.5m deal
By Dan Peters | 24 October 2018
Shetland Islands Council has bought a property investment and development company for just under ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Why civil society matters
By Dan Corry | 24 October 2018
A strong civil society is key to the social capital, as Dan Corry explains, and councils should e...
WHITEHALL
Furious LGA attacks Universal Support decision
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2018
Smith Square has penned a stinging rebuke to a senior civil servant over Whitehall’s shock decisi...
FINANCE
Councils' concern over Universal Support withdrawal
By Martin Ford | 08 October 2018
Councils have reacted with dismay after the Government handed support for the Universal Credit (U...
THIRD SECTOR
Building a better sense of community
By Dan Corry | 15 August 2018
Dan Corry looks at the launch of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy and asks whether it can ...
THIRD SECTOR
Councils take 'superficial' role in Civil Society Strategy
By Martin Ford | 14 August 2018
The Government has been accused of side-lining councils in its Civil Society Strategy.
WHITEHALL
Public votes proposed in civil society strategy
By Martin Ford | 09 August 2018
Communities could be put in charge of facilities and decision-making put to public votes under pr...
FINANCE
Participatory budgeting 'outstanding success'
By Dan Peters | 03 August 2018
Independent research has found Dundee City Council’s participatory budgeting (PB) was an ‘outstan...
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£161,239 - £177,363 plus benefits
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Assistant Director of Legal and Governance (Deputy Monitoring Officer)
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