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EMERGENCY PLANNING

Exclusive: Government 'risks repeating Covid mistakes' in war preparedness

By Martin Ford | 30 October 2026

Amid launch of 1,000 day ‘mission’, resilience expert warns continued failings in national emergency planning could lead to repeat mistakes.

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Emergency preparedness must go beyond survival kits

By Heather Jameson | 29 October 2026

Effective community resilience requires local leadership, inclusive emergency planning and truste...

COVID INQUIRY

Local government pandemic planning criticised by Covid Inquiry

By Martin Ford | 20 October 2026

Poor planning for the pandemic in local government contributed to its devastating impact on adult...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Planning for the worst

By Martin Ford | 22 September 2026

As the UK faces a myriad of large-scale threats that only grows longer with each passing year, ho...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Prepare for disruption

By Kurtis Toy | 16 September 2026

When digital systems fail, local government becomes the operating system, says Kurtis Toy.

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Martyn's Law: countering misconceptions

By Laura Gibb | 10 July 2026

Laura Gibb, executive director at The Security Industry Authority (SIA) answers some key question...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Community resilience, civil defence and the leadership challenge for councils

By Stephen Moir | 05 June 2026

Civil resilience cannot be left solely to emergency planners, says Stephen Moir. Local government...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Martyn's Law gets set for 2027

By Nathan Emmerich | 21 May 2026

New Martyn’s Law guidance requires councils to assess venues, strengthen preparedness, train staf...

COVID

'Widespread lack of understanding' to blame for key worker oversight

By Neil Merrick | 02 March 2026

A government failure to recognise council employees as key workers during the pandemic must be re...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Levels of community preparedness in the UK need improving

By Kathy O'Leary | 20 February 2026

What the Japanese lack is the legislative framework for emergency planning and response that we h...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Finding 'ordinary' ways to build up local resilience

By Jim Savege | 16 February 2026

By mobilising community groups, councils are building proactive ways of responding to emergencie...

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Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Director of Adult Social Care

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Digital, Data and Technology

£139,000 per annum

Shape the future of a digitally enabled borough Apply for this job

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Director of Adult Social Care Commissioning

£130,000 per annum

Transforming outcomes through integrated commissioning Apply for this job

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Director of Adult Social Care

£145,000 per annum

Leading innovative, strengths-based social care that enables residents to live fulfilling and independent lives Apply for this job

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

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