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New rent regime gives welcome certainty
RENTING

New rent regime gives welcome certainty

By Abdool Kara | 18 July 2025

Abdool Kara says tfor housing associations and local authorities that own stock, the announcement of a 10-year commitment to a rent regime of the Consumer Price Index plus 1%, giving certainty of r...

PREVENTION

Opportunity knocks with latest 'last chance'

By Aidan Rave | 18 July 2025

Local government must be at the heart of the 10-year Health Plan if it is to work and there is mu...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Expecting the unexpected

By Stephen Gaskell | 17 July 2025

Five years on from the easing of Covid restrictions, Stephen Gaskell says the sector proved that ...

LOCAL ECONOMIES

Slough speeds into the thriving zone

By Will Tuckley | 16 July 2025

Slough’s Simplified Planning Zone shows how the need for a flourishing local economy can be compa...

FINANCE

Searching for a solution

By Sir Bob Neill | 16 July 2025

As the Government embarks on SEND reform, Sir Bob Neill asks whether ministers have chosen the ri...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

On the right path to fiscal devo

By Alun Hughes | 16 July 2025

Government accepts the fiscal devolution principle, says Alun Hughes, and he argues that a County...

LEGISLATION

Thinking fast and slow on devolution

By Heather Jameson | 14 July 2025

If ministers want their devo dreams to be realised, they need to move fast, says Heather Jameson.

LEGISLATION

Future-proofing devolution

By Professor John Denham | 14 July 2025

Devolution will need strong statutory underpinning and a long-term, cross-departmental ambition i...

COUNCIL TAX

Fair funding finally within sight

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 11 July 2025

Full council tax equalisation will have a huge impact for the most deprived areas, but for the se...

LEGISLATION

Devolution goes mainstream? Definitely Maybe

By Mike Emmerich | 11 July 2025

As the government gave devolution a supersonic boost with the launch of the bill, Mike Emmerich l...

LGA CONFERENCE

Clampdown on committees

By Kathy O'Leary | 09 July 2025

Kathy O’Leary questions the thinking behind the abolition of the committee system

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director - Growth, Enterprise and Environment

£139,111.00 (pay award pending)

Premium jobThis is a chance to make a significant difference to the lives of families across our borough – and to seriously improve your quality of life. Apply for this job

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development

Up to £111,000

You will be responsible for overseeing area based regeneration programmes. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Executive Director, Home and Communities

£160-200k p.a.

At Camden, we don’t just deliver services — we work alongside communities to challenge injustice and drive real social change. Apply for this job

Camden London Borough Council