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DEVOLUTION
Forging the strategic planning skills that power devo
By Pooja Agrawal | 31 October 2025
The Government expects every regional body and strategic authority to prepare Spatial Development Strategies. Despite stretched planning resources, Pooja Agrawal sees this as a moment to be bold ab...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Yorkshire and the Humber reaps early benefits from new agency workforce guidance
By Nicola Curley | 30 October 2025
Nicola Curley says the decision of all 15 children’s services departments in Yorkshire and the Hu...
RECRUITMENT
Coaching the public sector's future
By Rebecca Davis | 30 October 2025
Rebecca Davis explains why every leader needs time to think – and how structured, high-quality co...
RECRUITMENT
View from the Hill
By Greg Hayes | 30 October 2025
Greg Hayes warns of the consequences that can arise from failed recruitment campaigns.
WORKFORCE
Attracting young talent to public sector careers
By Manny Sandhu | 29 October 2025
Manny Sandhu shares how a new pilot campaign – unveiled at the WMJobs Expo 2025 – is energising y...
PEOPLE
Worcester City Council managing director to retire
By Martin Ford | 29 October 2025
Worcester City Council’s managing director David Blake has announced he is to retire.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed raises concerns over four-day week
By Izzy Lepone | 29 October 2025
Local government secretary Steve Reed has raised concerns about South Cambridgeshire DC’s four-da...
PEOPLE
Riordan appointed Northern Growth Corridor envoy
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2025
Former chief executive of Leeds City Council, Tom Riordan, has been appointed envoy for the North...
AI
What is the baseline for an AI use policy?
By Iain Simmons | 27 October 2025
Iain Simmons sets out the minimum requirements for an effective AI use policy which can be adapte...
LEGAL
Roney legal case collapses
By Heather Jameson | 23 October 2025
A court case accusing Birmingham City Council chief executive Joanne Roney of an antisemitic slu...
WORKFORCE
Lead with function and the form will follow
By Alistair Sharpe-Neal | 23 October 2025
Be clear about what you are trying to achieve before you commit to the staff structure to deliver...
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Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job
Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration
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Premium jobNewcastle is a city fast gaining a reputation for its innovation and progress. Apply for this job
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