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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Pockets with potential

By Charlotte Alldritt | 15 May 2023

Centre for Progressive Policy analysis has found that if 95 areas secured levels of business inve...

ELECTIONS

The burden on returning officers and elections teams is increasing

By Peter Stanyon | 09 May 2023

Anecdotal reports of people not meeting new voter ID requirements were disheartening, and recruit...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Does it work? Measuring impact for community wealth building

By Tom Lloyd Goodwin | 26 April 2023

A new paper shows that community wealth building in the city of Preston is having a positive impa...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

The problem with the levelling up cake

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 25 April 2023

Handing out funding from targeted pots and through competitive bidding leads to big disparities i...

DEVOLUTION

Report shows stark variations in levelling up funding

By Ann McGauran | 25 April 2023

Competitive bidding has led to a £0.5bn gap in levelling up cash between the best and least funde...

SCRUTINY

Give locals a seat at the table

By Courtney Stephenson | 12 April 2023

Providing MPs the ability to scrutinise policy implemented by combined authorities does nothing t...

SCRUTINY

Accountability is not a one-way street

By Jessica Studdert | 04 April 2023

Even if Oflog starts life with a light touch, 'there’s little to guard against mission creep seve...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Transferring LEP functions to upper tier councils goes with the policy grain

By James Maker | 04 April 2023

The County Councils’ Network will be engaging Government to ensure the transfer of LEPs is compat...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Councils need a longer-term funding plan

By Cllr Izzy Seccombe | 28 March 2023

The Budget, while it contained positive announcements, left the Local Government Association disa...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

North Northamptonshire chief to join combined authority

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2023

Rob Bridge has been appointed chief executive officer of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined...

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Development Management Service Manager - WMF2347e

£65,873 - £68,775

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Westmorland and Furness Council

Director of Children's Services

£123,550 pa

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North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Assistant Director for Corporate Parenting

£88,225 - £105,726 per annum

This is a time of exciting and positive change in Suffolk. Apply for this job

Suffolk County Council

frederica-diamanta

Development Management Service Manager - WMF2347e

£65,873 - £68,775

The Development Management service plays a vital role in shaping the built environment. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Director of Children's Services

£123,550 pa

We are looking for a visionary and values-driven Director of Children's Services Apply for this job

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Assistant Director for Corporate Parenting

£88,225 - £105,726 per annum

This is a time of exciting and positive change in Suffolk. Apply for this job

Suffolk County Council