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FUTURE FORUM

The frenzy of policy must not lead to fragmented reforms

By Heather Jameson | 29 March 2022

The MJ's first in-person Future Forum North since the pandemic focused attention on the endless l...

FINANCE

The dogs that didn't bark

By Michael Burton | 29 March 2022

Little was said in last week’s Spring Statement about either levelling up or inflationary pressur...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

How 'levelling up' got left out of the Spring Statement

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 29 March 2022

The chancellor mentioned the ‘levelling up’ agenda just once in his Spring Statement. Without ser...

FINANCE

O'Brien defends Sunak's lack of levelling up

By Heather Jameson | 29 March 2022

Levelling up minister Neil O’Brien has denied the spring statement ignored the Government’s flags...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

10 key ingredients of a successful regeneration project

By Lucy Webb | 25 March 2022

Lucy Webb looks at the aspects that make regeneration projects successful and says the common thr...

COUNCIL TAX

Sunak's statement misses the mark for the most vulnerable

By Joanne Pitt | 25 March 2022

The Government has made this mini budget more about political gestures than effecting real change...

HEALTH

Future Forum North: Bid funds for levelling up 'isn't working' for coastal communities

By Ann McGauran | 25 March 2022

The existing approach of bid funding for levelling up isn’t working for coastal communities, a co...

EDUCATION

London's continuing uncertainty over UKSPF

By Cllr Nesil Caliskan | 25 March 2022

Cllr Nesil Caliskhan says London boroughs waited in vain for an update in the spring statement on...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Future Forum North: Link is 'very likely' between leaders' attributes and levelling up success

By Ann McGauran | 24 March 2022

A link is ‘very likely’ between key behavioural attributes of local government leaders and their ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Future Forum North: call to arms for 'supine' sector leaders

By Martin Ford | 24 March 2022

The local government sector has been urged to ‘stand up and be counted’ to secure what it needs t...

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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