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PLANNING
Could the Planning White Paper's digital first approach be applied more widely?
By Gill Kneller | 15 December 2020
Thanks to the pandemic, this year's Planning for the Future White Paper is on-trend, says Gill Kn...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Levelling up the playing field
15 December 2020
With relations between central and local government fraught, Emmet Regan explores whether the Lev...
WHITEHALL
Let's begin to forge a new model of the state
By Alex Thomson | 15 December 2020
Joanne Roney becomes the new president of Solace from 1 January. Graeme McDonald says that at the...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
What a year!
By Ann McGauran | 15 December 2020
The MJ reflects on another year in local government, significantly influenced by the pandemic tha...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Call to remove care home 'barriers'
By Martin Ford | 14 December 2020
Councils have been called on to ensure care home residents can meet their friends and family.
WHITEHALL
PSAA to consider 'whopping' 120% audit fee hike
By Dan Peters | 14 December 2020
The body responsible for overseeing audit fees is poised to assess requests for a number of signi...
HEALTH
London enters tier three restrictions
By Martin Ford | 14 December 2020
The Government’s timetable for COVID-19 tier reviews has been pre-empted with the imposition of e...
WHITEHALL
Boost to local test and trace funding
By Martin Ford | 11 December 2020
The increase of up to £200m per month follows criticism from the National Audit Office.
FINANCE
Crawley closures to fill budget gap
By Dan Peters | 10 December 2020
Senior Crawley BC councillors have decided to close two adventure playgrounds and five public toi...
PUBLIC HEALTH
EXCLUSIVE: COVID positive voters could be allowed in polling stations
By Heather Jameson | 10 December 2020
Councils could be forced to allow people known to have COVID-19 come into polling stations to vot...
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Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
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