Education

By Paul Marinko | 11 October 2024

Welsh councils face budget pressures of around £559m next year, the sector’s umbrella organisatio...

REGENERATION

Councils work to manage impact from collapse of major contractor

By Paul Marinko | 23 September 2024

Councils across England and Wales are working to manage the impact to a string of major infrastru...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Council issued SEND improvement notice for 'widespread failings'

By Martin Ford | 28 August 2024

An improvement notice has been issued to Suffolk CC’s services for children with special educatio...

CLIMATE CHANGE

School sustainability: a vision to protect the planet

By Cllr John Howson | 09 July 2024

Cllr John Howson outlines the action schools in Oxfordshire, working in partnership, are taking ...

LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL

Liverpool's free school meals success story

By Jose Bachoir | 09 July 2024

Jose Bachoir looks at a successful scheme in Liverpool for the swift delivery of funds for the fr...

Levelling up progress 'glacial', think-tank says

By William Eichler | 19 June 2024

Progress on levelling up in England has been ‘glacial’ and – according to some metrics – inequali...

EDUCATION

Councils looking after record 576,000 children with SEND

By William Eichler | 13 June 2024

Councils are looking after record numbers of children and young people with special educational n...

EDUCATION

Devolution needs to deliver for learners

By Graeme Atherton | 04 June 2024

Graeme Atherton says further devolution of funding for skills provision has to be a core goal, bu...

FINANCE

What's next for devolution?

By Kate Kennally | 20 May 2024

Kate Kennally says widening and deepening devolution should be on the agenda for the next governm...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Government advisers warn graduate visa curbs could undermine levelling up

By Martin Ford | 14 May 2024

Curbs on visas for graduates could undermine levelling-up, the Government has been warned by its ...

Head of Operational Services

£73,051 to £75,342

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South Derbyshire District Council

Director of Law & Governance

FTE Salary from £92,223 - £112,283 per annum

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Sutton London Borough Council

Assistant Director of Housing

£81,174 – £89,956 per annum (pay award pending), plus relocation support

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City of York Council