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WHITEHALL

Think-tank highlights homes targets failure

By Sam Clayden | 31 August 2016

Developers are failing to build enough homes despite councils granting permission at a rate suffi...

FINANCE

LGA warns of pay to stay's unseen complexities

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 August 2016

Council leaders have warned the Government’s new pay to stay policy will generate ‘nowhere near t...

FINANCE

MPs criticise homelessness response

By William Eichler | 18 August 2016

Many homeless people are ‘badly treated’ by council staff and often sent away without receiving a...

FINANCE

Post-Brexit uncertainty plunges finance settlement into chaos

By Dan Peters | 17 August 2016

Council finance directors have expressed concerns about taking up the Government’s offer of a fou...

WHITEHALL

Can Burnham burst the Westminster bubble?

By Tom Bridge | 17 August 2016

After being named Labour’s candidate for the Greater Manchester metro mayor, Andy Burnham talks t...

WHITEHALL

Counting the pennies to 2020

By Cllr Ian Parry | 17 August 2016

Every local authority is now considering the complex implications of planning for the abolition o...

PLANNING

White Van Man on . . . planning

17 August 2016

The reasons why building plans get bogged down in the bowels of town hall bureaucracy is ‘cos wha...

WHITEHALL

We need more flexibility on planning

By Cllr Neil Clarke | 16 August 2016

It is important that the performance of councils in approving planning permissions is considered...

MANAGEMENT

Second careers for public sector managers

By Blair McPherson | 15 August 2016

What type of second career do years of public service equip you for, asks Blair McPherson.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Deprived areas suffering from 'double disconnect', says JRF

By Heather Jameson | 15 August 2016

A total of 524 areas in the UK are suffering from ‘double disconnection’ - they are not well conn...

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

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Bolton Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council