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Head of Strategy, Lewisham Council

In this critical management role reporting directly to the Chief Executive and working closely with the Mayor and his Cabinet, you will co-ordinate high-level strategies across the Council's functions, and across Lewisham's wider partnership network.

Expect your experience as a senior strategist and collaborator to be fully tested as you put yourself in the picture with this significantly influential, delivery focussed, role. Please find out more and apply at this link.

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Local state, national ambition

By Helen Bailey | 22 October 2026

In the latest in a series of articles looking at a reimagined role for local government in a rewired state, Helen Bailey says councils can drive devolution, ...

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Councils must prove their relevance

By Barry Quirk | 21 October 2026

As the sector awaits the arrival of a devolution White Paper expected to contain a blueprint for shifting power from the centre, this week The MJ is launchin...

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First, rewire the place, then turn the lights on

By Rob Huntington | 14 October 2026

From Trumpton’s tangled wires to today’s fragmented public services, local government must join up devolution, funding and reform to improve residents’ lives...

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Strategic authorities: Swerving the 'screw up'

By Paul Marinko | 13 October 2026

The Government’s commitment to a roll out of powerful strategic authorities across the country is in little doubt, but as the sector awaits a string of key a...

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