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GOVERNANCE
Policing reform: Opportunities and challenges
By John Czul | 20 March 2026
Jon Czul says scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners will not, in itself, improve public safety, but that if the transition is handled carefully it could create the conditions for a more joined-u...
REGENERATION
Ensuring people take pride of place
By Andrew Laird | 17 March 2026
To successfully deliver the Pride in Place programme communities need to be prioritised in both g...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Think-tank in reorganisation democracy warning
By Joe Lepper | 19 February 2026
Action is needed to preserve local democracy amid local government reorganisation and devolution,...
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
Turning a moment into a movement
By Dan Crowe | 22 January 2026
3ni has working up and down the country to turn the Government’s Pride in Place programme into 's...
REORGANISATION
Five keys to making reorganisation work
By Ian Fytche | 22 October 2025
Ian Fytche makes the case for framing a proposal for reorganisation based on five principles of h...
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
How community power can renew the social contract in local government
By Jessica Studdert | 18 September 2025
Cynicism threatens democracy, but local government can lead renewal, says Jessica Studdert.
FINANCE
Selling the family silver
By Joe Fyans | 16 September 2025
A new approach to council asset management is needed that takes greater account of community cohe...
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
There goes the neighbourhood
By Nicola Steuer | 16 September 2025
Neighbourhoods have returned to the policy agenda and it’s time to empower them, says Nicola Steuer.
DEVOLUTION
Cross-border lessons in devo
By Heather Jameson | 11 June 2025
Devolution may be new for some English authorities, but it is a quarter of a century on in Scotla...
DEVOLUTION
McGuinness calls for devolution acceleration
By Joe Lepper | 23 May 2025
Labour’s North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has called on her Government to accelerate devolution by...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Time to empower the places that matter
By Ravi Gurumurthy | 16 May 2025
Labour's Neighbourhood Commission is not just good politics, but good policy says Ravi Gurumurthy.
Head of Operational Services
Head of Operational Services
South Derbyshire District Council is seeking an ambitious and commercially minded Head of Operational Services Apply for this job
Service Director – Property and Business Support Services
£86,955 – £94,552 per annum
You’ll have a rare opportunity to influence how an entire council uses its assets Apply for this job
Head of Operational Services
Head of Operational Services
South Derbyshire District Council is seeking an ambitious and commercially minded Head of Operational Services Apply for this job
Service Director – Property and Business Support Services
£86,955 – £94,552 per annum
You’ll have a rare opportunity to influence how an entire council uses its assets Apply for this job
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