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LOCAL ECONOMIES
Getting in the zone to deliver local success
By Sean Benstead | 13 May 2025
The special economic zones model is still too centralised, and government must loosen its grip if...
LOCAL ECONOMIES
Reviving the coast
By Tudor Evans | 13 May 2025
Revitalising coastal communities is not just a regional issue but a matter of national renewal, s...
POLITICS
Populism in power
By Sir Bob Neill | 13 May 2025
Having won office, Reform’s new councillors must now use it to improve residents’ lives, writes S...
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Cranford: A Hounslow case study in tackling inequalities
By Mandy Skinner | 12 May 2025
Mandy Skinner looks at how Hounslow LBC has begun work to systematically tackle inequity in areas...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Catching the money falling between the silos
By Donna Hall | 11 May 2025
The goal of radical place leadership is to embed and systematise relational working, and research...
GOVERNANCE
The importance of ensuring good governance
By Abdool Kara | 11 May 2025
Abdool Kara says: 'It’s worth considering how to achieve good governance in the challenging conte...
FINANCE
Designing a better framework for public scrutiny
By Tracy Bingham | 09 May 2025
For participation and oversight over council finances, we need to get behind Research for Action'...
GOVERNANCE
Filling in the holes in local democracy
By Mel Stevens | 08 May 2025
Mel Stevens considers where the new democratic deficits will lie in the new local government land...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
A shared definition of 'neighbourhoods' is important
By Jessica Studdert | 08 May 2025
Jessica Studdert says that for real impact at a hyperlocal level, neighbourhoods need to be consi...
ELECTIONS
Councils will bear the consequences of Reform's victory
By Heather Jameson | 08 May 2025
When it comes to local government reorganisation, 'the Labour Government could well be less gung-...
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Executive Director Finance, Governance and Assets (s151)
£153,592 - £168,952
Local government in Surrey is being reshaped for the first time in more than 50 years. Apply for this job
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Code at the centre of cyber alert seen on more than 40% of UK council websites surveyed
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