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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Toppling statues is the easy part

By Claire Fox | 01 July 2020

Claire Fox asks: ‘Will black lives today be improved if local government becomes preoccupied by a...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Six lessons for devolution from COVID-19

By Steve Leach | 24 June 2020

A localised and nimble response to the coronavirus outbreak is important, say Colin Copus and Ste...

WHITEHALL

Jarvis lays stake to COVID recovery funds

By Dan Peters | 23 June 2020

Mayors should be handed control over COVID recovery funds and be given a seat at the Cobra emerge...

HEALTH

Hand health powers to elected mayors, says report

By Dan Peters | 23 June 2020

Health powers should be handed to elected mayors as part of a ‘rejuvenated and fortified wave of ...

FINANCE

Local government can look for powerful allies

By Paul Wheeler | 15 June 2020

Winston Churchill famously remarked ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’. Paul Wheeler says we s...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Jenrick appeal for shovel-ready schemes

By Dan Peters | 15 June 2020

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has urged local areas to submit ideas for ‘shovel-ready’ sch...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

New review to look at regulation of political finance

By Lord Jonathan Evans | 08 June 2020

The Committee on Standards in Public Life is reviewing electoral regulation and wishes to hear fr...

HUMAN RESOURCES

We have an opportunity to radically reinvent ourselves

02 June 2020

Our new coronavirus-shaped world has changed beyond recognition, says Gill Kneller - and If we’r...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Councillor, are you on mute?

By Kathy O’Leary | 27 May 2020

Kathy O'Leary is navigating the perils of holding a council meeting online in the midst of the co...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Don't put democracy on lockdown

By Claire Fox | 27 May 2020

Claire Fox asks if it is undemocratic for local areas to introduce fundamental shifts in transpor...

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council