Infrastructure

By Dan Peters | 22 November 2017

The Housing Revenue Account cap will be lifted for councils in ‘high-demand areas’ and stamp duty...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

New frontiers for pension funds

By Sam Clayden | 25 October 2017

The GMPF and its partners continue to grow, with an ultimate goal of becoming ‘a platform for loc...

FINANCE

'Talk less and invest more in infrastructure'

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2017

A former chairman of the Local Government Association has urged council pension funds to get off ...

FINANCE

London: it's a tale of two cities

By Teresa O’Neill | 20 September 2017

London is not just Parliament or City Hall. The capital’s 33 boroughs all have very different nee...

BUSINESS

Arms-length company 'misled' council over tram project, inquiry hears

By Hiba Mahamadi | 08 September 2017

Edinburgh City Council’s former leader has claimed the council was ‘deliberately denied’ access t...

S106 is 'pricing developers out of the market'

By Jamie Hailstone | 07 August 2017

Costly Section 106 agreements are pricing some developers out of the market, according to the pee...

HEALTH

Stretched councils criticise ministers for 'passing buck' on air quality

By Sam Clayden | 27 July 2017

Council directors have piled in on the Government’s Clean Air Strategy, claiming ministers have s...

WHITEHALL

Javid: Sector must rebuild public trust

By Kelsey Vanner | 04 July 2017

Councils have been warned they are facing a ‘looming crisis in confidence’ in the wake of the Gre...

BUSINESS

It's time for a cultural shift in public sector procurement

By Mark Cook | 05 June 2017

Social impact cannot be achieved unless place-based organisations' role in the commissioning of p...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayor sets out 100-day vision

By Sam Clayden | 12 May 2017

The new mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has unveiled a 100-day manifesto laying the foun...

Director of Finance and Section 151 Officer

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East Cambridgeshire District Council

Service Director: Integrated Commissioning

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Plymouth City Council

Assistant Director for Family Safeguarding

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