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WHITEHALL

Three elements will be important for mission-driven government

By Jessica Studdert | 25 June 2024

Jess Studdert sets out the three aspects that will be crucial if mission-driven government is to ...

FINANCE

The manifestos: could they change local government for the better?

By Claire Ward | 25 June 2024

Claire Ward looks at the manifestos and says a new government is an opportunity for an honest and...

FINANCE

Removing the local barriers that stop older people from flourishing

By Natalie Turner | 20 June 2024

In the context of councils’ need to make cost savings, Natalie Turner looks at how local authorit...

FINANCE

Knowing how to surf a big new wave

By Barry Quirk CBE | 18 June 2024

Council leadership needs to prepare for a new government by being radically honest about its capa...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Tackling community decline and double disadvantage

By Matt Leach | 17 June 2024

Local Trust is calling on the next government to set up a dedicated neighbourhoods unit. Matt Lea...

FINANCE

Let's start again

By Cllr Kevin Bentley | 07 June 2024

The next government will have to reset the relationship with councils and establish an equal part...

ELECTIONS

Time to all pull together for a joined-up future

By Heather Jameson | 05 June 2024

Camden LBC leader Georgia Gould – the Labour candidate for Maida Vale and Queen’s Park - wants st...

COHESION

Stronger Things: 'Go deeper to deal with the age of division'

By Ann McGauran | 04 June 2024

Using community power to tackle highly polarised local problems requires ‘going deeper and deeper...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Stronger Things: Chief champions need to 'renew democracy'

By Paul Marinko | 04 June 2024

Councils can ‘renew democracy from the grassroots up,’ a borough chief has claimed in a plea for ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Stronger Things: Public services are structured for waste, says Denham

By Heather Jameson | 04 June 2024

The current system of public services is structured to create waste, a former local government se...

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Director of Transport

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Director of Children’s Services (DCS)

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