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HOUSING
Councils have 'serious concerns' over protecting rough sleepers this winter
By Laura Sharman | 24 November 2020
Some councils will face the 'difficult choice' of leaving people to sleep rough or placing them i...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Hackney shifts the dial on contact tracing
By Ann McGauran | 23 November 2020
Cllr Chris Kennedy talks to Ann McGauran about the highlights and challenges of Hackney LBC’s lo...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Councils are critical to beating this pandemic
By Abi Brown | 23 November 2020
Stoke-on-Trent was the first area to pilot new quick turnaround lateral flow testing. Here, counc...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The value of districts working at the local level
By Neil Shaw | 23 November 2020
Chief executive at Rossendale BC Neil Shaw outlines how the council has addressed the need to sup...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Stretched councils rumbled over identical financial returns
By Dan Peters | 23 November 2020
Councils have been reminded to regularly update their monthly financial returns to Whitehall afte...
FINANCE
Early days for motion
23 November 2020
It was a heartfelt message of thanks to local authorities that went out from Green Party MP Carol...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Surge support required for local test and trace
By Martin Ford | 23 November 2020
Council-run test and trace systems cannot entirely replace the national system, the Local Governm...
HEALTH
NHS lays out plan for working with councils on mass vaccination
By Ann McGauran | 23 November 2020
The NHS has started to detail its mass vaccination strategy, outlining how it expects to work wit...
WHITEHALL
Leisure centre collapse warning
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2020
Under-pressure leisure centres will go under without further rescue funding on top of the £100m a...
PAY
Local government 'must have parity' with NHS on pay
By Ann McGauran | 20 November 2020
The chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board says the hard work of the sector during the p...
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Head of Skills and Opportunity
£80,737 - £89,465
You will be at the heart of a rapidly changing education, employment and skills landscape. Apply for this job
Director of Planning and Building Control
up to £140,000
Our new director will play a key role at the heart of the Council’s ambitious agenda for place‐based growth and regeneration. Apply for this job
Assistant Director, Strategic Property
circa £120,000
This exciting property leadership role combines commercial, civic, and heritage asset management Apply for this job
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