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ENVIRONMENT
Gove to ease nutrient neutrality requirements
By Mark Conrad | 29 August 2023
Ministers have announced they will ease divisive development rules on water pollution blamed for ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Devolution: keeping it local, making it work
By Trevor Holden | 23 August 2023
The current drive to move things to upper tier authorities in two tier areas runs a real risk of ...
PLANNING
Keep it communal
By Cllr Barry Wood | 15 August 2023
Former levelling up secretary Greg Clark is wrong to advocate shifting planning from district to ...
PLANNING
DCN hits back against call for planning to shift to upper-tier
09 August 2023
The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has rejected a call by former local government secretary Gre...
WHITEHALL
Waste consistency plans still going ahead, Whitehall insists
By Dan Peters | 26 July 2023
Whitehall officials have insisted they are continuing to push ahead with waste consistency plans ...
WHITEHALL
Ending asylum hotel use would back UK 'into a corner'
By Martin Ford | 25 July 2023
The UK should not back itself ‘into a corner’ and exclude hotels as part of the solution to soari...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Government must set out its case on remote meetings
By Ian Miller | 24 July 2023
Even if the answer is a reasoned ‘no’, local government deserves the courtesy of being told the G...
WHITEHALL
Scrutinising migration
By Mark Conrad | 24 July 2023
With asylum and immigration sure to feature in political debates ahead of a General Election, wha...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
An attack on the freedom of councils as corporate bodies
By Ian Miller | 11 July 2023
If passed as drafted the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill would mean a ...
HEALTH
When it comes to health, districts matter
By Natalie Brahma-Pearl | 10 July 2023
District councils make a real impact on the health of residents, so why are they overlooked by th...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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