DEVOLUTION

Greater Manchester PCC and Wigan leader vie for CA interim mayor post

By Jonathan Werran | 17 April 2015

Wigan MBC leader Lord Peter Smith is to contest the post of interim mayor of Greater Manchester w...

WHITEHALL

The truth about pre-election pledges

By Joe Randall | 14 April 2015

Political parties promise decentralisation, but will they ever yield? Joe Randall sets out four t...

WHITEHALL

The need for caution

By John Stewart | 09 April 2015

Greater Manchester combined authority’s devolution deal establishes a two-tier system of local go...

WHITEHALL

Clubbable councils

By Andrew Muter | 09 April 2015

Creation of a Combined Authority is a matter of building trust through the investment of time and...

WHITEHALL

Heseltine: West Midlands 'next in line' for devolution deal

09 April 2015

Conservative growth guru Lord Heseltine has claimed the West Midlands is next in line to strike a...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Chiefs give Pickles outline of greater devolution plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2015

Town hall chiefs from across Essex have outlined their proposals for greater devolution in a lett...

WHITEHALL

Pickles: I would have considered reorganisation in ideal world

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has suggested local government reorganisation would have been ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Warning East Midlands could lose out

By Dan Peters | 30 March 2015

The chairman of East Midlands Councils has warned his region could lose out in the national focus...

HEALTH

Chiefs doubt Whitehall plans for power shifts

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015

Most council chiefs doubt the next Government will deliver a decentralisation power shift, new re...

WHITEHALL

London's devolution progress 'disappoints'

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

Newham’s mayor has told The MJ he is ‘staggeringly disappointed’ with devolution in London so far...

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Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

frederica-diamanta

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council