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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Optimistic nihilism
By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2023
It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...
FINANCE
Power through partnership
By Tom Riordan | 04 July 2023
More than a decade after the Commission on the Future of Local Government, and as we advance towa...
ELECTIONS
Warning sounded over General Election
By Martin Ford | 03 July 2023
Elections experts were united in warning of a struggle to run future polls as they faced question...
WHITEHALL
Enough chaos and confusion, now we need solutions
By Heather Jameson | 28 June 2023
No one got everything right during the pandemic, but the early days showed a failure of central G...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Opportunity knocks for the sector
27 June 2023
Ahead of next week’s Local Government Association (LGA) annual conference in Bournemouth, The MJ ...
DEVOLUTION
Revealing excellence
By Heather Jameson | 26 June 2023
The MJ Achievement Awards were an opportunity to put the energy, hard work and creativity of loca...
ELECTIONS
Uncertainty has made me very certain about the value of some things
By Gill Kneller | 26 June 2023
East Hampshire's elections revealed a hung council. Chief executive Gill Kneller says 'what stood...
ELECTIONS
Risk of 'major electoral failure,' officers warn
By Martin Ford | 26 June 2023
Pressure on council teams running elections will only be recognised in the event of a ‘major elec...
ELECTIONS
Official figures show thousands deterred by voter ID
By Martin Ford | 22 June 2023
About 14,000 people were unable to vote at polling stations in the May elections due to ID requir...
ELECTIONS
The size conspiracy
By Colin Copus | 20 June 2023
The journey towards implementing the recommendations in the Redcliffe-Maud report is based on the...
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Director of Education
£111,136 –£116,521
Stoke-on-Trent is ambitious for its children and young people. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Corporate Resources (Section 151 Officer) & Deputy Chief Executive
£148,775 - £159,480
Premium jobThe role sits at the strategic core of the organisation Apply for this job
Director Children’s Social Care (Family Help and Safeguarding)
£104,196 (plus pay award pending)
You’ll join a supportive and ambitious leadership environment, with strong corporate Apply for this job
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