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DEVOLUTION

Parties draw lines over EVEL

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Dividing lines over how to answer the English Votes for English Laws (EVEL) question have been dr...

WHITEHALL

Amid the cuts, let's toast to local devolved government in 2015

By Heather Jameson | 16 December 2014

And so we reach the end of the year and, despite the predictions of Armageddon that have characte...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Three-prong devo deal planned

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 December 2014

Three county councils are working together for the first ‘combined authority’ partnership of its ...

FINANCE

Cornwall sets out five-year manifesto

By MJ reporter | 16 December 2014

Cornwall county councillors will debate a new devolution manifest, which includes demands for a f...

DEVOLUTION

How to be a community councillor

By John Tizard | 15 December 2014

Greater devolution and decentralisation to local government will require strong, effective, respo...

WHITEHALL

Now it's time for devolution on demand

By Alex Stevenson | 15 December 2014

Hot on the heels of the Scottish independence referendum, the upheaval is creating an agenda whic...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Brum is too big to fail

By Heather Jameson | 15 December 2014

Too big to handle or just badly managed? Britain’s second city has come under the spotlight, with...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Bolton boss expected to make Lambeth switch

By Dan Peters | 15 December 2014

The chief executive of Bolton MBC is expected to be approved as the next boss of Lambeth LBC late...

WHITEHALL

Devolution will boost public sector productivity, says ex-Treasury SPAD

By Michael Burton | 12 December 2014

Devolution will boost stagnant productivity in the UK public sector, according to a former MP and...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

PUSH is on to change regs of CA boundaries

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 December 2014

Local authority bosses have called for a change in the rules around combined authority boundaries.

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

Up to £234,171

This is a rare opportunity to lead a council with both strength and ambition at a time of change. Apply for this job

Leicestershire County Council

Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning

up to £129,530 per annum

A career-defining role at the heart of adult social care transformation. Apply for this job

Kent County Council

Service Director – Skills and Regeneration

up to £114,023

Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council