Infrastructure

By Helena Rivers | 11 September 2023

Swimming pools have come to symbolise the operational cost and carbon challenges faced by council...

Councils to collaborate on funding bids

By Martin Ford | 30 August 2023

Four councils on the English and Welsh border have proposed a partnership to collaborate on futur...

PLANNING

Keep it communal

By Cllr Barry Wood | 15 August 2023

Former levelling up secretary Greg Clark is wrong to advocate shifting planning from district to ...

PENSIONS

Going further and faster on pensions decarbonisation

By Cllr Paul Convery | 08 August 2023

Islington LBC began decarbonising its pension fund seven years ago and has reduced emissions by 4...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Forging consensus around tough transitions must be done locally

By Jessica Studdert | 08 August 2023

With the role of London's ULEZ in the Uxbridge by-election in the spotlight, Jessica Studdert say...

PLANNING

Avoiding wheezes and whims

By Greg Clark | 08 August 2023

The Government is about to publish a revised version of the National Planning Policy Framework, b...

WHITEHALL

Homes England new housing capacity drops nearly 80%

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2023

Potential new homes unlocked by the Government’s housing and regeneration agency plummeted by 79%...

ENVIRONMENT

Unpicking the Bill

By Martin Ford | 31 July 2023

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill has completed its passage through the Lords but critics fe...

PLANNING

Government concessions over infrastructure levy

By Martin Ford | 19 July 2023

The Government has offered concessions on its planned infrastructure levy in the face of oppositi...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Local policy in uncertain times

By Dr Tom Arnold | 17 July 2023

Dr Tom Arnold says local policymakers are grappling with complex challenges in uncertain times, a...

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Reading Borough Council

Head of Highways Operations

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Somerset Council

Head of Operational Services

£73,051 to £75,342

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South Derbyshire District Council