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HUMOUR

Getting into a pickle

16 December 2014

Anyone thinking of taking up a new sport in the post-Christmas haze should look no further than C...

FINANCE

Tories split as Pickles fights for 1% referendum cap

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Local authorities are facing a Christmas headache if Eric Pickles wins an internal party row to s...

FINANCE

Raise police precept to save services

By MJ reporter | 03 December 2014

Surrey’s police and crime commissioner has said he plans to introduce a referendum-triggering 24%...

ERIC PICKLES

Call for further Pickles intervention in Tower Hamlets

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has been urged to intervene in Tower Hamlets LBC’s arrangement...

HUMOUR

Anti-social media

25 November 2014

‘There are no second acts in American lives,’ observed Jazz-era novelist F Scott Fitzgerald.

WHITEHALL

Let councils write their own job specs

By Heather Jameson | 18 November 2014

Central government needs to massively scale back on statutory duties and give councils the chance...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Tower Hamlets cautions Pickles over intervention

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles is facing calls to scale back the proposed powers of the commi...

PAY

Does Nigeria have the answer to devolution?

18 November 2014

It’s not just in the UK where devolution is a hot topic, y’know?

DCLG

Call for right to eject problem councillors

By Mark Conrad | 18 November 2014

Leaders at Wigan MBC have called for powers to force by-elections in order to kick-out troublesom...

WHITEHALL

Tower Hamlets loses legal battle

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 November 2014

A High Court judge has thrown out a second attempt by Tower Hamlets LBC to fight government moves...

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director - Growth, Enterprise and Environment

£139,111.00 (pay award pending)

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Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development

Up to £111,000

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London Borough of Hackney Council

Executive Director, Home and Communities

£160-200k p.a.

At Camden, we don’t just deliver services — we work alongside communities to challenge injustice and drive real social change. Apply for this job

Camden London Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director - Growth, Enterprise and Environment

£139,111.00 (pay award pending)

Premium jobThis is a chance to make a significant difference to the lives of families across our borough – and to seriously improve your quality of life. Apply for this job

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development

Up to £111,000

You will be responsible for overseeing area based regeneration programmes. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Executive Director, Home and Communities

£160-200k p.a.

At Camden, we don’t just deliver services — we work alongside communities to challenge injustice and drive real social change. Apply for this job

Camden London Borough Council