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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community insight must shape the next phase of neighbourhood health
By Sophie Cloutterbuck | 02 November 2026
Meaningful community engagement can help councils tackle health inequalities and improve neighbourhood health outcomes, says Sophie Cloutterbuck.
LEADERSHIP
Listen before you fail
By Mark Fletcher-Brown | 02 November 2026
Mark Fletcher-Brown offers his six-point guide to helping leaders avert disasters by ensuring the...
CYBER SECURITY
When a software flaw becomes a council wide concern
By Mark Brett | 02 November 2026
Following the discovery of vulnerabilities within the PHP programming language, Mark Brett looks ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: DWP establishes devolution directorate
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) policy group has established a devolution directorate.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Local growth needs consistency, not constant reinvention
By Sir Michael Lyons | 30 October 2026
Sustainable local economic growth requires long-term regeneration partnerships, strong council le...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution and health: from why to how
By Mubasshir Ajaz | 29 October 2026
The debate is moving beyond whether devolution matters for health. The task now is to make it wor...
LEADERSHIP
Local government: Leading through limbo
By Lucy Trueman | 28 October 2026
Lucy Trueman looks at how to protect culture when certainty disappears.
GOVERNANCE
Leading when leaderless
By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2026
Months after the May elections, Oldham still has no leader. Its chief executive Shelley Kipling a...
AI
North Yorkshire's AI disrupters
By Ann McGauran | 27 October 2026
As a local authority at the forefront of using artificial intelligence, North Yorkshire Council i...
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Put people, prevention and place at the centre
By Alison Barker | 27 October 2026
The message from senior officers’ group Solace is clear: adult social care reform, neighbourhood ...
REWIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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 rewi...
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Executive Director of Finance and Assets (Section 151 Officer)
£161,239–£177,363
You will also lead a more strategic approach to West Surrey’s assets, income and commercial activity. Apply for this job
Director of Digital, Data and Technology
£139,000 per annum
Shape the future of a digitally enabled borough Apply for this job
Director of Adult Social Care Commissioning
£130,000 per annum
Transforming outcomes through integrated commissioning Apply for this job
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