Title
PLANNING
Fighting for freedom
By Ann McGauran | 21 February 2023
The District Councils’ Network conference takes place this week. Ann McGauran talks to those who ...
WHITEHALL
Call for 'real action' as Government sidelines parks group
By Dan Peters | 20 February 2023
A member of the Government’s sidelined parks action group (PAG) has called for ‘real action’ afte...
WALES
Labour proposes new anti-social behaviour powers for councils
By Dan Peters | 17 February 2023
Councils would be able to force offenders in England and Wales to remove graffiti or rubbish unde...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Local government in the Land of the Long White Cloud
By Alex Parmley | 15 February 2023
Alex Parmley offers a leadership perspective from a district council in New Zealand, where local ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
The right environment for interim resource?
By Kathryn Reed | 15 February 2023
Kathryn Reed outlines the opportunities and challenges for place based services in 2023. With env...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Investing in thriving towns
By Shelagh O’Neill | 15 February 2023
Shelagh O’Neill sets out how partnership, a strong sense of place, flexibility and visibility are...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Time for a levelling up funding overhaul
By Nick Kealey | 15 February 2023
The Levelling Up Fund has come under fire for taking a Hunger Games approach to bids. With the t...
DEVOLUTION
Treasury grip has hit new levels of absurdity
By Heather Jameson | 15 February 2023
Michael Gove now needs approval for any new capital spending. 'If he wants sympathy for this appr...
DEVOLUTION
Managing spending centrally is the flaw
By Jack Shaw | 14 February 2023
At a minimum, the ban on Michael Gove’s department spending cash on new capital projects without ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Culture could transform our towns and cities and truly level up the country
By Cllr Alan Waters | 13 February 2023
A report from Key Cities calls for culture to be placed at the heart of a new drive towards local...
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Director of Public Health
£105,424 – £111,327
St Helens Borough Council is driving forward an ambitious programme of regeneration and transformation. Apply for this job
Senior Education Adviser
£60,269 - £68,860 per annum
Do you have a strong, successful track record in education? Apply for this job
Chief Executive
£208,116 per annum (April 2026 pay award pending)
As Chief Executive, you will inherit an organisation that is stable, ambitious and outward facing. Apply for this job
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