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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Invest in cities now to reap long term rewards

By Andrew Carter | 25 January 2023

Given further support, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Manchester could do even more and provide benefi...

WHITEHALL

Gove scales up Thurrock intervention

By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2023

Local government secretary Michael Gove has effectively ordered a full intervention of Thurrock C...

BUSINESS

Capital injection after council trading company sale

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2023

Merton LBC is believed to have netted £190m of ‘much-needed’ capital after selling a wholly-owned...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Moving on from the poverty pageant

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 20 January 2023

Professor Graeme Atherton says an end to ‘poverty pageant’ bidding for growth funding would mean ...

WHITEHALL

Districts' legal threat over devolution deal

By Paul Marinko | 17 January 2023

Four Norfolk districts have threatened to take legal action over the county’s handling of a devol...

PENSIONS

'Build to Rent' investing allows LGPS to support Levelling Up agenda

By Doug Rowlands | 16 January 2023

Build to Rent (BtR) is an asset class that the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) should incr...

FINANCE

Balancing Housing Revenue Account priorities

By Steve Partridge | 12 January 2023

Councils face a very difficult balancing act in relation to their Housing Revenue Accounts and ul...

SOLACE

So many failures looks like carelessness, as Oscar Wilde almost said

By Abdool Kara | 10 January 2023

Some combination of senior councillors and officers is at fault when it comes to council failures...

COMMERCIALISM

Investing now in children's social care to cut costs down the line

By Harry Catherall | 20 December 2022

Oldham MBC’s £14.7m extra investment in transforming children’s social care includes an emphasis ...

COMMERCIALISM

Commercial trading profits local authorities

By Justin Galliford | 07 December 2022

Justin Galliford highlights the benefits to councils of the returns from external trading

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

Grade 12 £67,236 – £71,223 plus £3000pa Statutory Officer Allowance

Premium jobWe are looking for an accomplished and proactive leader for our vacant post of Head of Democratic Services & Elections Apply for this job

Harborough District Council

Strategic Director, Corporate Services

c£162,000 per annum, more for an exceptional candidate

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC

Director of Human Resources

£119,466 - £131,207

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC