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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...

COUNCILLORS

A 700-page turner

17 July 2019

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

FINANCE

Havering 'can look both ways'

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2019

Havering LBC’s chief executive has insisted that the council can look towards both London and Ess...

COUNCILLORS

Ten years of shining a light on the exceptional work of councillors

By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 July 2019

The Local Government Information Unit’s (LGiU) Cllr Achievement Awards – now in their 10th year –...

COUNCIL TAX

We need a more nuanced conversation around trust

By Ben Page | 09 July 2019

Ben Page says that while trust in central Government has fallen in both Britain and the US since ...

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council