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Districts should look carefully at the creation of new town and city councils
REORGANISATION

Districts should look carefully at the creation of new town and city councils

By Ian Miller | 08 December 2025

Where public and political demand exist, districts have bandwidth now to focus on creating town or city councils, identifying land and buildings to transfer to them, says Ian Miller.

COMMUNITIES

Pride in Place: learning from 150 Big Local neighbourhoods

By Dan Crowe | 04 December 2025

Dan Crowe looks at the potential offered by asset-based community development.

CRIME

Connecting to create safer places

By John Tizard | 02 December 2025

Police and crime commissioner for Bedfordshire John Tizard says shared problem solving and pooled...

CULTURE

Thank You for the Music: how the public profits from venue legacy

By Amy Casterton | 01 December 2025

When investment informs both a purpose-driven programme and building design, venues will leave la...

COMMUNITIES

District councils are uniquely placed to support communities through the winter months

By Maxine O'Mahony | 24 November 2025

Maxine O'Mahony says that as the winter arrives, people’s needs often require a holistic approach...

COMMUNITIES

Shared power, shared Pride

By Helen Power | 17 November 2025

If the Government’s Pride in Place funding model can be operationalised in a way that kickstarts ...

REGENERATION

The quiet power of social capital

By Dan Crowe | 12 November 2025

Investment in physical buildings alone isn't enough. Building social capital creates the trust an...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

The climate transition is local

By John Heneghan | 11 November 2025

With COP30 underway, Evelyn Henderson-Child and John Heneghan emphasise that the climate transiti...

TRANSFORMATION

Every place gains something from the City of Culture and Town of Culture

By Claire McColgan CBE | 11 November 2025

Claire McColgan explains why the UK City of Culture and the new UK Town of Culture are huge oppor...

LEADERSHIP

Reinvesting in corporate functions for council resilience

By Piali Das Gupta | 11 November 2025

Piali Das Gupta asks if the corporate centre is due to make a comeback in local government.

FUNDING

Fears Pride in Place sidelines rural areas

By Martin Ford | 06 November 2025

Concerns have been raised that rural areas will miss out on the Pride in Place programme.

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Service Manager- Localities

£69,037.00, Grade 15

Join Wakefield’s Outstanding leadership team and make a real difference. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Social Care Team Manager

Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£55,609 - £59,027) per annum

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Social Care Team Manager Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Town Clerk

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Biggleswade Town Council is looking to appoint a highly motivated and forward-thinking Town Clerk, to drive its services forward. Apply for this job

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