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REGENERATION

Rethinking long-term community investment

By Nick Kemp | 10 September 2025

As the UK Shared Prosperity Fund ends and the Growth Mission Fund and trailblazer neighbourhoods ...

DEVOLUTION

Local growth plans must show benefit to communities

By Joe Lepper | 08 September 2025

Experts have urged strategic authorities (SA) to ensure their blueprints for local growth ‘do mor...

COHESION

Flagging up a problem

By Kathy O'Leary | 05 September 2025

Kathy O' Leary says that while the legal guidance stresses that flags are a very British way of e...

GOVERNANCE

Filling the governance gap

By Mark Smith | 03 September 2025

As reorganisation unfolds, Mark Smith argues that supporting and building on town and parish coun...

PLACE-MAKING

Engage, design, deliver: how collaboration can boost a community's prospects

By Ross Aitchison | 02 September 2025

With a collectively minded approach to engagement and design, aspirational place policies can del...

COMMUNITIES

A museum shouldn't be the final resting place for community dreams

By Hannah Sloggett | 02 September 2025

The brilliant ideas on display in the Museum of Broken Dreams are a reminder of what could be los...

FINANCE

The £8bn opportunity sitting in council bank accounts

By Mark Shearer | 01 September 2025

Mark Shearer says having billions of pounds in unspent Section 106 and Community Infrastructure L...

LEGAL

Staying sensible when legal issues get polarised

By Aneeka Muneer | 28 August 2025

Aneeka Muneer considers the role of local government lawyers in balancing law, politics, place an...

PLANNING

'Quiet majority' favour local development

By Martin Ford | 21 August 2025

Councils have been urged to consult more widely on planning applications after newly-published re...

IMMIGRATION

More than £300m Ukrainian refugee funding unspent

By William Eichler | 19 August 2025

More than £300m given to English councils to help house Ukrainian refugees still sits in council ...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Chief Executive's Office

£68,930 - £73,320.50 / Grade M

This is a pivotal leadership position at the heart of the Council Apply for this job

Cherwell District Council

Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services

£113,435.50 - £125,379 / Grade

This is more than a leadership role - it's an opportunity to leave a lasting legacy Apply for this job

Cherwell District Council

Head of Biodiversity and Climate Resilience

£68,930 - £73,320.50

This is a high-impact leadership role focused on delivering Cherwell's Climate Action Plan Apply for this job

Cherwell District Council