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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Is the love affair with mayors over?

By Michael Burton | 28 October 2020

After last week’s rows between Number 10 and city region mayors over lockdown funding Michael Bur...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Northern Powerhouse must be for real

By Mike Emmerich | 28 October 2020

If the North is to ‘own’ the Northern Powerhouse a new partnership with Government is needed, as ...

FINANCE

Blue wall rebels call for economic kickstart

By Michael Burton | 27 October 2020

Northern Tory MPs led by the former Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry have urged their gove...

FINANCE

Don't defund, side-line or worse still abolish metro-mayors

By Andrew Carter | 26 October 2020

While it may not realise it now, the Government needs powerful and prominent metro mayors if it i...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Building for the future

By Ben Houchen | 26 October 2020

Ben Houchen says that with the former SSI steelworks site in Redcar now the UK’s largest industri...

PAY

The Government's actions 'don't match the words'

By Christina McAnea | 26 October 2020

Rather than recognising the role of council workers during COVID-19, the Government has prioritis...

DEVOLUTION

South east urged to find its voice

By Martin Ford | 26 October 2020

Councils in the south east of England have been urged to find a consensus on reorganisation by a ...

WHITEHALL

Burnham calls for national-local reset

By Dan Peters | 22 October 2020

Greater Manchester’s Labour mayor Andy Burnham has called for a ‘reset’ between national and loca...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Levelling up or pushing down?

By Martin Jones | 22 October 2020

Stoke-on-Trent has been the victim of the repeated failure of regional economic policy, say Steve...

FINANCE

This is not devolution – this is not even centralism

By Heather Jameson | 21 October 2020

‘Once the poster-child for devolution, Manchester is now being treated as the bad boy of politics...

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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