ECONOMIC GROWTH

Pickles predicts bonfire of the LEPs

By Dominic Browne | 19 February 2015

The number of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will fall after May’s General Election, commun...

FINANCE

Major councils need cash to prevent youth radicalisation

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2015

All major councils should receive Whitehall funding designed to prevent the radicalisation of loc...

INNOVATION

Citizens on patrol

By Tony Smith | 10 February 2015

Jonny Mallinson, Ifor Jones and Tony Smith explore the local government sector to put people at ...

FINANCE

What county treasurers could learn from Harry Styles

By Andrew Burns | 10 February 2015

Andrew Burns suggests finance directors should take their social media cue from One Direction sta...

FINANCE

Notice is hereby given?

By Alastair Blair | 23 January 2015

There needs to be far greater understanding of the deeply unsexy world of public and statutory no...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Is free speech offensive?

By Claire Fox | 19 January 2015

Local authorities are guilty of pandering to a ‘PC gone mad’ offence culture in which the bleatin...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Rogue tweeters are silenced

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2015

The chief executive of Cheshire East Council has intervened in a row over local authority staff h...

WASTE

Who let the dogs out?

06 January 2015

Canine fouling is normally a laughing matter for Diary.

DCLG

Bring information into the 21st century, says Pickles

By Heather Jameson | 23 December 2014

Statutory notices need to shift into the 21st Century, according to communities secretary Eric Pi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Work smarter - not harder

By Steve Hanks | 19 December 2014

By April 2015, local authorities within the UK will have faced and be expected to resolve yet mor...

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frederica-diamanta

Director - Governance

£76,134 – £88,571 (including car allowance)

As the Monitoring Officer you will work as part of the ‘Golden Triangle’ with the Head of Paid Service and s.151 officer Apply for this job

North Herts Council

Director Highways, Transport & Waste Management

up to £120k

There for Nottinghamshire. There for each other. There for you. Apply for this job

Nottinghamshire County Council

Deputy Director for Education and Inclusion

£110,000 - £120,000 & Benefits

Together, we’re shaping children’s education for the future Apply for this job

Oxfordshire County Council