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CLIMATE EMERGENCY
The clock is ticking on climate
By Ian Fytche | 17 September 2025
The climate emergency is the defining challenge of our time, and councils have the mandate, tools...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation debt warning
By Joe Lepper | 16 September 2025
Ministers need to do more to ensure council debts are not a financial barrier to local government...
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
There goes the neighbourhood
By Nicola Steuer | 16 September 2025
Neighbourhoods have returned to the policy agenda and it’s time to empower them, says Nicola Steuer.
COHESION
Everyday community engagement is quietly transforming lives
By Caroline Green | 15 September 2025
Frontline officers and grassroots initiatives are fostering integration, wellbeing, and social co...
DEVOLUTION
Will devolution deliver on health and growth?
By Mariah Kelly | 12 September 2025
The Government must use the English Devolution Bill to set the framework required for Strategic A...
DEVOLUTION
Future Forum Midlands: Combined authority seeks 'full autonomy'
By Martin Ford | 10 September 2025
Taking the helm of the first combined county authority in England was like ‘flying the plane whil...
DEVOLUTION
Warwickshire risks becoming a devo island, chief executive warns
By Ann McGauran | 09 September 2025
The rejection by West Midlands mayor Richard Parker of Warwickshire joining his combined authorit...
HEALTH
Ahead of the curve on health
By Mubasshir Ajaz | 08 September 2025
Mubasshir Ajaz explains how the West Midlands is leading the charge to put health at the heart of...
DEVOLUTION
Eyes on the prize
By Piali Das Gupta | 08 September 2025
Devolution and reorganisation should go hand-in-hand to achieve the best results, writes Piali Da...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
The Test, Learn and Grow programme is unlikely to shift the dial on its own
By Abdool Kara | 08 September 2025
Abdool Kara says the Labour manifesto promised a mission-led government, 'but there is little evi...
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Chief Legal & Governance Officer
£143,918 - £152,446 per annum
The West Midlands Combined Authority is entering one of the most significant periods of change in its development. Apply for this job
Corporate Director - Planning
£97,966 - £126,181
Do you share our ambition for Dorset? Apply for this job
Head of HR Business Partnering
£69,083 - £75,442 per annum
Reporting to the Assistant Director – HR, Corporate Projects and IT, this role provides strategic leadership and management Apply for this job
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