Title
WHITEHALL
Counties could intervene in district planning
By Dan Peters | 19 October 2016
County councils may be given powers to intervene where districts fail to agree local plans for ne...
HUMAN RESOURCES
That's why they call them senior managers
By Blair McPherson | 14 October 2016
As local authority chief executives meet at the SOLACE Summit, Blair McPherson examines how their...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Corbyn appoints shadow devolution minister
By Jamie Hailstone | 10 October 2016
Labour’s new shadow local government and devolution minister has pledged to help shift power ‘fro...
HUMAN RESOURCES
A new approach to leadership
By Stephen Kavanagh | 07 October 2016
Essex is ditching organisational boundaries and taking a new approach to leadership. Gavin Jones ...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Exploring the power of parity
By Barry Quirk | 05 October 2016
Local government is struggling to achieve gender parity in top roles. Yet Lewisham LBC is bucking...
WHITEHALL
Lord Porter 'schizophrenic' on mayors
By William Eichler | 04 October 2016
The point of a metro mayor is to ‘take the blame’ if something goes wrong, Local Government Assoc...
FINANCE
The Ballad of Bury and Manchester
By Heather Jameson | 27 September 2016
Bury MBC’s Cllr Rishi Shori became Greater Manchester’s first BME council leader after a swift ri...
LEGAL
Slough strips monitoring officer of role
By Dan Peters | 27 September 2016
Slough Council could face a judicial review after claims it illegally sacked its monitoring officer.
FINANCE
Herefordshire quizzed over recent resignation
By Dan Peters | 27 September 2016
Opposition councillors have called for Herefordshire Council to explain the circumstances behind ...
HUMOUR
Meet your new councillor
21 September 2016
Wannabe councillors considering how to get themselves elected might like to consider the strange ...
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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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