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CLIMATE CHANGE
Grasping the spirit of Chamberlain
07 June 2022
After 150 years, local government is still talking about former Birmingham mayor Joseph Chamberla...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Delivering school transport services during a fuel crisis
By Nicola Beach | 18 May 2022
The cost of living has been especially felt in home-to -school transport, says Nicola Beach. The ...
PLANNING
England's planning system is broken
By Tom Stannard | 10 May 2022
Tom Stannard sets out the scale of the regeneration challenge, including the vital need to improv...
HIGHWAYS
England's poorest areas hardest hit by austerity
By William Eichler | 03 May 2022
Residents living in England’s most deprived areas were hit hardest by the largest local authority...
TRANSPORT
White van man on... rail fares
20 April 2022
Amazingly, the brain-boxes that claim to run the Government have worked out that if you cut price...
EMERGENCY PLANNING
Dover to 'review involvement' with forum after days of chaos
By Martin Ford | 06 April 2022
Dover DC is ‘reviewing its involvement’ with Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) following days of traffi...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
How 'levelling up' got left out of the Spring Statement
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 29 March 2022
The chancellor mentioned the ‘levelling up’ agenda just once in his Spring Statement. Without ser...
FINANCE
Counties warn of school transport crisis
By Martin Ford | 25 March 2022
Hikes in fuel costs are meaning local authorities are having pay providers significantly more, ac...
POVERTY
Future Forum North: local government still lacks a plan for delivering sustainability
By Ann McGauran | 25 March 2022
Local government still lacks both a plan for delivering sustainability and a way of measuring the...
FINANCE
Southern comfort
By Jonathan Werran | 22 March 2022
Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran outlines a new report setting a possible future course fo...
Director of Digital, Data and Technology
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Director of Adult Social Care
£145,000 per annum
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- April 2029 vesting day for all areas as ministers recommit to reorganisation
- Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced
- Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
- Budget 2026: Chancellor confirms £285m Good Growth funding
- Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
Director of Digital, Data and Technology
£139,000 per annum
Shape the future of a digitally enabled borough Apply for this job
Director of Adult Social Care Commissioning
£130,000 per annum
Transforming outcomes through integrated commissioning Apply for this job
Director of Adult Social Care
£145,000 per annum
Leading innovative, strengths-based social care that enables residents to live fulfilling and independent lives Apply for this job
- April 2029 vesting day for all areas as ministers recommit to reorganisation
- Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced
- Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
- Budget 2026: Chancellor confirms £285m Good Growth funding
- Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
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