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SCRUTINY

Accountability is not a one-way street

By Jessica Studdert | 04 April 2023

Even if Oflog starts life with a light touch, 'there’s little to guard against mission creep seve...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Transferring LEP functions to upper tier councils goes with the policy grain

By James Maker | 04 April 2023

The County Councils’ Network will be engaging Government to ensure the transfer of LEPs is compat...

DEVOLUTION

East Midlands Tories demand Gove act to prevent 'two-tiered' devolution

By Paul Marinko | 03 April 2023

Nottinghamshire CC leader Ben Bradley has demanded ministers act to avoid ‘a two-tiered system of...

FINANCE

Tourism tax could raise nearly £430m for councils, study finds

By Mark Whitehead | 03 April 2023

More than £428m a year could be raised by imposing a £1-a-night levy on visitors staying in hotel...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Giant county unitaries run counter to people power

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 30 March 2023

The challenge to the new unitaries is to prove that, far from being a distant monolith, they can ...

WHITEHALL

Funding atomisation must be fixed

By Jack Shaw | 30 March 2023

Jack Shaw says that by atomising the funding for tackling inequalities, Whitehall have a partial ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A cheer for Vesting Day

By Andy Starkie | 28 March 2023

As councils gear up to become unitaries on 1 April. Andy Starkie offers advice on how to make the...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Not quite levelling up

By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 28 March 2023

Former Stevenage BC leader, now Labour Peer, Sharon Taylor says ministers should use the Easter r...

REORGANISATION

Lincolnshire districts back unitary idea

By Ann McGauran | 28 March 2023

A partnership of three district councils has backed the idea of becoming a unitary to help secure...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Councils need a longer-term funding plan

By Cllr Izzy Seccombe | 28 March 2023

The Budget, while it contained positive announcements, left the Local Government Association disa...

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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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