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CHIEF EXECUTIVES

'Rising star' to get new chief executive position

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2020

Cotswold DC is expected to appoint ‘a rising star in local government’ as it brings back its chie...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Frustration bubbles over wait for Brexit bonanza

By Dan Peters | 15 September 2020

The Government runs the risk of ‘levelling up everywhere at rock bottom’ as uncertainty continues...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Chief executive to retire after 43 years

By Martin Ford | 15 September 2020

The chief executive of Durham Council, Terry Collins, has announced his retirement following a 43...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Children's trust chairman quits

By Martin Ford | 15 September 2020

The chairman of Northamptonshire Children’s Trust has resigned after the county council raised co...

WHITEHALL

No by-elections before May, ministers confirm

By Dan Peters | 14 September 2020

Ministers have confirmed that no by-elections or neighbourhood planning referendums will take pla...

FINANCE

Section 114 warning for troubled Thanet

By Dan Peters | 14 September 2020

The Section 151 officer of troubled Thanet DC has warned he may be forced to issue a Section 114 ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Political row over joint chief executive talks

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2020

Opposition councillors at Eden DC are preparing a vote of no confidence amid proposals to appoint...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Rogers to retire next year

By Dan Peters | 09 September 2020

The Liverpool-born chief executive of the region’s combined authority has announced he plans to r...

WHITEHALL

Stretched testing capacity to be scaled up

By Dan Peters | 08 September 2020

Brand new large-scale technology to increase the number of coronavirus tests that can be processe...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council chief claims auditor 'not balanced or fair'

By Dan Peters | 08 September 2020

The boss of a council where an auditor raised concerns about culture and governance failures that...