LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Bassetlaw Council holds a COVID safe AGM

By Cllr Simon Greaves | 24 May 2021

Bassetlaw DC not only met safely in public for its AGM, it also elected the UK’s youngest chair o...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Community resilience: preventing the breakdown

By Ann McGauran | 19 May 2021

Governments must change the post-pandemic narrative to avoid community breakdown, says a public h...

ENVIRONMENT

Change is in the air

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

In anticipation of its forthcoming report on councils and net zero, the National Audit Office ask...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Virtual judgements v real impact

By Sir Bob Neill | 12 May 2021

Councils should have the choice of holding remote meetings, not just during the pandemic but afte...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local elections 2021: Look behind the big story

By Jonathan Carr-West | 11 May 2021

A closer look at the Super Thursday outcomes reveals a series of more complex stories, and sugges...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Local elections 2021: The system creaked in the face of the number of polls

By Peter Stanyon | 11 May 2021

There were a variety of problems both ahead of and during polling day, says Peter Stanyon.

WHITEHALL

Queen's Speech: Controversial voter ID plans roll forward

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2021

Voter ID is expected to be introduced by May 2023 after the Government pledged to introduce legis...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Local elections 2021: The process demands too much of teams

By Ian Miller | 10 May 2021

Ian Miller ponders the impact of Super Thursday on the mental health of electoral teams, and says...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The end of council virtual meetings. What's next?

By David Kitson | 10 May 2021

David Kitson of Bevan Brittan says councils should now focus on how they can safely facilitate me...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Forcing councils to physically meet risks 'democratic deficit'

By John Austin | 05 May 2021

Councils in England should be ‘trusted to continue to deliver virtual meetings successfully as th...

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Director of Public Health

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The Public Health department is at the heart of the council’s business. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Head of Regeneration and Growth

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