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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The pros and cons of messy devo

By Vivien Lowndes | 15 August 2023

Unfinished devolution may feel like a failure to deliver, but can we think differently, ask Cathe...

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 ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Stop micro-managing local issues from the centre

By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2023

The Prime Minister has ordered a review of low traffic neighbourhoods, yet as local government mi...

WHITEHALL

Sector to step up anti-mayor lobbying

By Dan Peters | 01 August 2023

The sector is to step up its lobbying for the Government to use its King’s Speech to end its fixa...

HEALTH

A rallying cry for subsidiarity

By Tim Knox | 31 July 2023

The new cross-party Effective Governance Forum’s belief is that power should be devolved to the ‘...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Government must set out its case on remote meetings

By Ian Miller | 24 July 2023

Even if the answer is a reasoned ‘no’, local government deserves the courtesy of being told the G...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Seven in 10 support more control over local services

By William Eichler | 17 July 2023

Nearly 70% of people would like their community to have more control over how local services are ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Ministerial meddling and the four-day working week

By Professor Jonathan Davies | 11 July 2023

For elite politicians, rational, democratic and forward-looking experiments such as the four-day ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

An attack on the freedom of councils as corporate bodies

By Ian Miller | 11 July 2023

If passed as drafted the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill would mean a ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Optimistic nihilism

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2023

It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...

frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

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Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Head of Legal and Governance

£92,948-£104,310 plus £6,500 Leadership Allowance and £5,000 Statutory Officer Allowance

Elmbridge is a vibrant borough, celebrated for its green spaces, bustling high streets and welcoming villages. Apply for this job

Elmbridge Borough Council

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council

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

Head of Legal and Governance

£92,948-£104,310 plus £6,500 Leadership Allowance and £5,000 Statutory Officer Allowance

Elmbridge is a vibrant borough, celebrated for its green spaces, bustling high streets and welcoming villages. Apply for this job

Elmbridge Borough Council

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

up to salary max £121,445 per annum

We are now seeking a Director of Finance and Deputy Section 151 Officer to play a pivotal role Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council