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WHITEHALL

Northern Powerhouse 'downgrade' in reshuffle

By Martin Ford | 18 February 2020

The Government has been accused of ‘downgrading’ the Northern Powerhouse in Prime Minister Boris ...

WHITEHALL

Sharing of powers is not devolution

By Ian Miller | 12 February 2020

District councils need a broader range of fiscal devolution, starting with the taxes, fees and ch...

WHITEHALL

Ministers urged to embrace ambitious devolution agenda

By Paul Marinko | 10 February 2020

The UK’s biggest cities have urged ministers to embrace an ambitious devolution agenda and not ‘m...

DEVOLUTION

DCN chairman declares 'our time has come'

By Martin Ford | 07 February 2020

District authorities will have a key role to play in the implementation of the Government’s devol...

BUSINESS RATES

Rates repatriation revolt collapses

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2020

An attempt to repatriate the setting of business rates to Scottish councils has collapsed.

DEVOLUTION

LGA chair's concerns over Cumbria reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 06 February 2020

Doubts have been expressed over the proposed reorganisation of local government in Cumbria.

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Sizing up the efficiency problem

By Abdool Kara | 05 February 2020

If delivering efficiency is a driver for local government there are reasons to believe there may ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Have we moved much in the past decade?

By Lawrence Conway | 05 February 2020

Lawrence Conway reviews some of the key themes that were crucial to districts during the past 10 ...

DEVOLUTION

It's time to put health devolution under the political spotlight

By Norman Lamb | 04 February 2020

The case for a detailed analysis of how devolving health can deliver real and long-term solutions...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up needs to get real - but so does our response to it

By Neil McInroy | 03 February 2020

We need ‘deep reform and reorder rather than the rhetoric of levelling up from Westminster’, argu...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council