Councillors

By Dan Peters | 29 August 2019

Isle of Anglesey CC has insisted that the appointment of its new chief executive followed the cou...

WHITEHALL

Call for leaders to be given seat at top table

By Paul Marinko | 05 August 2019

A council of UK civic leaders chaired by the Prime Minister and mayors on the Privy Council are a...

BUSINESS

Capita urged to make pension improvements

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2019

Barnet Labour councillors have urged outsourcing firm Capita to make improvements to the authorit...

BUSINESS

Report discovers little assurance on council-owned company governance

By Paul Marinko | 01 August 2019

A Hertsmere BC audit report has only given ‘limited assurance’ that its governance of council-own...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Setting standards for democracy

By Colin Copus | 30 July 2019

Proposals to suspend councillors for their misdemeanours may cause more problems than they solve,...

FINANCE

Redditch slapped with rare Section 24

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2019

Auditor Grant Thornton has slapped Redditch BC with a rare Section 24 notice and urged it to take...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's services progress 'slow and uneven'

By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019

Ofsted has described the progress of Reading BC to improve its children’s services as ‘slow, unev...

FINANCE

New shared leadership team for council pair

By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019

Two councils that recently reinstated the position of joint chief executive have laid out plans t...

WHITEHALL

Brum tourist tax call from ex-ministers

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2019

Former ministers have called for a tourist tax to be trialled in Birmingham to help fund the Comm...

A 700-page turner

17 July 2019

What’s the longest cabinet or committee meeting agenda you’ve come across? 100 pages? 300?

Director of Integrated Joint Commissioning, Youth and Community Partnerships and Improvement

£99,952 - £109,098

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Head of Housing

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North West Leicestershire District Council

Director of People

£80,287 – subject to skills and experience

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