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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 ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Building for the future
By Ben Houchen | 26 October 2020
Ben Houchen says that with the former SSI steelworks site in Redcar now the UK’s largest industri...
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
Assistant Director People Commissioning
£99,433 to £112,411
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
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Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
- Council workers offered 3.3% pay rise in 'full and final' deal
- Bringing skills from the private sector into a council isn't simply a career shift
- The overnight visitor levy could be a gamechanger for growing tourism in London
- Final reorganisation decisions for four priority areas announced
- Essex threatens legal action over reorganisation
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
Assistant Director People Commissioning
£99,433 to £112,411
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
Strategic Director Environment
£159,862 to £167,495
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
- Council workers offered 3.3% pay rise in 'full and final' deal
- Bringing skills from the private sector into a council isn't simply a career shift
- The overnight visitor levy could be a gamechanger for growing tourism in London
- Final reorganisation decisions for four priority areas announced
- Essex threatens legal action over reorganisation
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