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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

The secret is out – take the challenge

By Cllr Paul Carter | 06 November 2019

The more the message is spread within councils, the stronger the Local Government Challenge has b...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

A positive response to a care home collapse in Cornwall

By Helen Charlesworth May | 29 October 2019

Cornwall Council’s decision to step in and buy a care home ensured some of the area’s most vulner...

FINANCE

Improvement board formed for troubled council

By Paul Marinko | 29 October 2019

The Welsh Government has formed an improvement board to oversee changes at Merthyr Tydfil CBC aft...

TRANSFORMATION

How to get the edge

By Ann McGauran | 23 October 2019

In The EDGEWORK Manifesto, Impower makes the case for a new approach to public sector leadership ...

FINANCE

It's the talent from within that will fix the sector

By Heather Jameson | 23 October 2019

The main theme of the Solace Summit in Birmingham was resilience and the radical reshaping of pub...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Victims in the line of fire

By Martin Ford | 23 October 2019

Local government monitoring officers are increasingly being caught in power struggles between sen...

WHITEHALL

Council expresses 'serious concerns' after planning hearings halted

By Dan Peters | 22 October 2019

The first local plan to be assessed under a new framework has stalled after the Planning Inspecto...

IMPROVEMENT

Birmingham improving but there are still risks, says leader

By Heather Jameson | 22 October 2019

Birmingham City Council has made some improvements but there are still risks, the council’s leade...

FINANCE

Putting our finances on a secure footing

By Andrew Burns | 09 October 2019

Andrew Burns examines how councils can ensure financial sustainability and put local services on ...

WHITEHALL

Think tanks to produce 'toolkit' to improve governance

By Chris Mahony | 07 October 2019

A project part-funded by Whitehall and the Local Government Association aims to produce ‘practica...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

Premium jobNewcastle is a city fast gaining a reputation for its innovation and progress. Apply for this job

Newcastle City Council

Service Manager – Commercial Development

Up to £57,800 plus relocation package up to £8,000

We have two exciting opportunities to join our forward-thinking team. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council