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REORGANISATION

PPMA 2026: Warning recruiters could become 'kingmakers' in LGR

Recruitment consultants risk becoming ‘kingmakers’ if they hire all the chiefs for new unitaries in a single area, a government reorganisation adviser has warned.

Theresa Grant

Recruitment consultants risk becoming ‘kingmakers' if they hire all the chiefs for new unitaries in a single area, a government reorganisation adviser has warned.

If non-Devolution Priority Programme areas follow the same patterns as their predecessors there could be 50-60 chief executive roles coming out for recruitment at the same time.

Heather Jameson

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