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ELECTIONS
Pre-elections: steering a path through comms
By Andy Allsopp | 28 March 2024
Andy Allsopp looks at the need for careful judgement from council communicators during the pre-el...
HEALTH
Crises to continue as we lurch towards a General Election
By Heather Jameson | 26 March 2024
The MJ's 24-hour Future Forum summit cantered through a collection of catastrophes, says Heather...
FINANCE
Beware Godzilla economics
By Barry Quirk | 26 March 2024
Councils are designed primarily to achieve ‘economies of scope’ not economies of scale – and bigg...
HOUSING
Plymouth's rapid reaction
By Tracey Lee | 26 March 2024
The discovery of a live 70-year-old bomb in Plymouth led to the biggest evacuation in the UK sinc...
ENVIRONMENT
Wakefield's in-between spaces
By Mark Lynam | 26 March 2024
Wakefield’s Urban Greening Strategy sets out an ambition to transform the city centre by reconsid...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Observations on Japan's strong local leader model
By Sam Cunningham | 26 March 2024
Reflecting on his Japanese Study Tour, Sam Cunningham says it is imperative to seek inspiration a...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Learning from tragedy
By Debbie Jones | 26 March 2024
Debbie Jones looks at the lessons emerging from an independent review focused on the children fou...
SOLACE
Elections show the organisation at its 'one council' best
By Kathy O’Leary | 26 March 2024
Kathy O' Leary says: 'As both pollsters and returning officers would agree, success in elections ...
SOCIAL CARE
Deployment of AI technologies must be guided by a robust framework
26 March 2024
The local government sector knows the best ways to serve local communities and is best placed to ...
FINANCE
Retrograde is no way to fund financial recovery
By Rob Whiteman CBE | 26 March 2024
If councils call out the Government for glossing over the facts, they must ensure terms such as b...
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Highway Asset Manager (Contracts)
£58,310 per annum
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Lead Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial - WMF2715e
£51,356 - £52,412
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Director of Neighbourhoods
£143,792
This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing, forward thinking organisation at a pivotal moment. Apply for this job
- Councils face 'capacity crisis' of unspent developer funds
- 'Widespread lack of understanding' to blame for key worker oversight
- Councils record mixed rough sleeping picture
- Leadership in local government is rarely about having full control
- Reorganisation is an opportunity to switch to a more preventative system
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