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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
We've made strategic errors on UK elections
By Mike Bennett | 09 November 2020
Election counts need more speed and spectacle for democracy to survive the Trump effect, argues M...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Office rules out elections delay
By Heather Jameson | 03 November 2020
The Cabinet Office has ruled out any further delays to local elections despite the complexity of ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Shevlin suggests reorganisation alternative as rival bids threaten his council's future
By Dan Peters | 03 November 2020
A former chair of the District Councils’ Network chief executives’ group has suggested a radical ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Making Counties Count: Don't they Already?
By Colin Copus | 02 November 2020
Steve Leach and Colin Copus argue a move to county-based unitaries would ‘draw local government a...
WHITEHALL
Tax increases more likely than austerity, says Flanders
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020
A top economist has predicted that tax increases are more likely than another bout of austerity.
WHITEHALL
Labour would adopt 'local by default' approach
By Dan Peters | 15 October 2020
A Labour government would strike a ‘new settlement between citizens and the state’ and adopt a ‘l...
WHITEHALL
Jenrick dashes county reorganisation hopes
By Dan Peters | 13 October 2020
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has torpedoed plans for widespread reorganisation beyon...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
The LGA 'can and should do better' on standards
By Donald Graham | 29 September 2020
The Local Government Association’s draft member code of conduct does not include an independent m...
PLANNING
Any further loosening of planning laws would be a disaster for towns and cities
By Cllr Faisal Rana | 28 September 2020
Cllr Faisal Rana of Rochdale MBC argues that the government's planning White Paper will have a de...
WHITEHALL
Planning proposals will 'disempower' councils
By Dan Peters | 28 September 2020
The Lib Dems have used their autumn conference to warn that the Government’s planning proposals w...
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up to £179,404 per annum
Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
Director of Social Work and Social Care
£100,731 to £104,625
You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job
Environmental Services Contract Manager
£52,413 - £59,615 per year
This is a role with real strategic influence. From shaping policy and commissioning service improvements Apply for this job
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