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WHITEHALL

Ministers in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

By Heather Jameson | 16 April 2024

The letter on councils’ productivity, sent by local government minister Simon Hoare this week, bo...

ELECTIONS

4 wheel drive woman on... voting

16 April 2024

Gosh, aren’t elections complicated? I thought you just had to pop up to the polling station and s...

BUSINESS

Oflog should be handed audit oversight, MPs told

By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024

The Office for Local Government (Oflog) should be handed oversight of England’s broken audit regi...

ELECTIONS

Today's choices, tomorrow's impact

By Simon Kaye | 16 April 2024

May’s elections will be extremely consequential for the local government sector, and the impact o...

WHITEHALL

Clark: Tories and Labour unwilling to address SEND crisis

By Paul Marinko | 15 April 2024

Labour and the Conservatives have been accused of an ‘unwillingness’ to confront the crisis in sp...

LEGAL

Rayner to be investigated by police after electoral law accusations

By Dan Peters | 15 April 2024

Police have launched an investigation into whether Labour’s shadow local government secretary Ang...

WHITEHALL

Five million could be disenfranchised by voter ID, polling finds

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2024

Five million voters could be disenfranchised by the Government’s new voter ID rules at the Genera...

PLANNING

Making strategic spatial planning successful

11 April 2024

In Localis’s new essay collection, Catriona Riddell looks at developing agreement on housing supp...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Labour's local vision for growth

By Adam Fineberg | 08 April 2024

Adam Fineberg says Labour’s new localist Industrial Strategy is a manifesto aimed at reaping the ...

HEALTH

Finding the right prescription

By Matthew Taylor | 08 April 2024

Incremental improvements in collaboration, not wholesale change, is key to restoring faith in the...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

Up to £234,171

This is a rare opportunity to lead a council with both strength and ambition at a time of change. Apply for this job

Leicestershire County Council

Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning

up to £129,530 per annum

A career-defining role at the heart of adult social care transformation. Apply for this job

Kent County Council

Service Director – Skills and Regeneration

up to £114,023

Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council