CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Panel delay threatens new 'super councils'

By Jonathan Werran | 04 November 2014

Northern Ireland council chiefs have urged Stormont ministers to immediately establish a joint le...

PENSIONS

Parry-Jones payout gets final clearance from WAO

By MJ reporter | 04 November 2014

Welsh spending watchdogs have cleared Pembrokeshire CC’s exit payment for former chief executive ...

FINANCE

Pickles proposes Tower Hamlets intervention

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has insisted his proposed Government intervention package for ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

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HUMAN RESOURCES

A fair price for effective leadership?

By Gillian Quinton | 03 November 2014

Gillian Quinton argues the case for a radical new approach to executive reward in the public sector

BUSINESS

Bradford turns to Hemingway

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

Bradford MDC’s city solicitor Suzan Hemingway has been appointed as the council’s interim chief e...

FINANCE

Hammersmith and Fulham calls time on bi-borough chief role

By Jonathan Werran | 28 October 2014

Hammersmith and Fulham LBC has pulled out of shared chief executive arrangements with West London...

WHITEHALL

Ministers to outline 'boomerang boss' payout curbs

By Jonathan Werran | 28 October 2014

Ministers will today announce further details of laws aimed at preventing senior council managers...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Give us a break!

By Dan Corry | 27 October 2014

Council chief executives and hard-pressed local authority staff should ‘bend it like Raheem’ and ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Solitaire is not an option

By Raffaela Goodby | 27 October 2014

A new era of local government is coming, suggests Raffaela Goodby, and a major rethink in our use...