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WHITEHALL

Spending Review: £2.9bn 'restart programme' to help unemployed

By Dan Peters | 25 November 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a three-year £2.9bn ‘restart programme’ to help more than on...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Bedford chief calls time on 43-year career

By Martin Ford | 25 November 2020

The chief executive of Bedford BC, Philip Simpkins, has announced he will be stepping down from t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Green revolution or missed opportunity?

By Heather Jameson | 24 November 2020

Local government insiders tell Heather Jameson that the Government’s 10-point action plan for tac...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Realising the potential of rural economies

By Nigel Wilcox | 18 November 2020

The Institute of Economic Development and the RSN have devised a new toolkit for anyone seeking t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A chance to show long term vision on levelling up

By Rosie Stock Jones | 17 November 2020

This year’s spending round must focus on supporting places to managing the virus while signalling...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Councils are the counterbalance

By Claire Fox | 16 November 2020

Priorities seem to have ‘become skewed by COVID-related policy-making on all sides of politics’, ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Made in Dagenham

By Graeme Cooke | 16 November 2020

Graeme Cooke explains how Barking and Dagenham LBC turned a derelict industrial site in East Lond...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Five steps to delivering local green retrofit skills

By Cara Jenkinson | 12 November 2020

A zero carbon Britain by 2050 depends on creating new green jobs across the construction sector. ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council grants managing director redundancy request

By Martin Ford | 03 November 2020

The managing director of Wellingborough BC is to leave ahead of the council ceasing to exist next...

HEALTH

Youth and BAME jobs hit hardest by lockdown

By Ann McGauran | 28 October 2020

Young people, BAME workers and those on insecure contracts have lost out most as a result of the ...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Operating Officer – South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee

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We’re looking for a bold, visionary leader to take on the role of Chief Operating Officer Apply for this job

Carmarthenshire County Council

Assistant Chief Fire Officer - Service Transformation

up to £120k

Lead the Transformation of Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service Apply for this job

Gloucestershire County Council

Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

£Competitive

Stevenage is a town with bold ambitions. Apply for this job

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