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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
In defence of councillors
By Professor Colin Copus | 17 August 2020
Councillors are an endangered species, says Professor Colin Copus - and with the charge toward un...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Power to the people
By Rhona Cadenhead | 17 August 2020
Waltham Forest launched its first Citizens’ Assembly on how to stop hate. Rhona Cadenhead explain...
FINANCE
Ex-ministers unite in health devolution call
By Michael Burton | 13 August 2020
Five former ministers from all three main parties have called for health and social care to be de...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Government reaffirms support for LEPs
By Dan Peters | 10 August 2020
The Government has reaffirmed its support for local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) ahead of this ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dem leadership candidates in reorganisation warning
By Heather Jameson | 06 August 2020
The Lib Dem leadership candidates have both warned against the Government’s plans to force throug...
WHITEHALL
CCN steps back from backing 'radical' shake-up
By Dan Peters | 04 August 2020
The County Councils’ Network (CCN) will hold back from calling for historic boundaries to determi...
FINANCE
Ministers to receive Somerset unitary business case
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2020
A business case for a single Somerset unitary has been sent to communities secretary Robert Jenri...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Is it time for elective surgery?
By Cllr Iain Malcolm | 28 July 2020
A move to an increasingly or even completely postal-based vote is one possible solution to the pr...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Pause, reflect and do better
By Dr Arianna Giovannini | 28 July 2020
Dr Arianna Giovannini says there is a real risk that this new rhetoric of ‘empowering the local ...
WHITEHALL
Williams: I'll accept whatever it takes to get a county unitary
By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020
The leader of Hertfordshire CC has conceded he would accept a directly-elected mayor as the figur...
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As the Section 151 Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the Council through its wider journey.. Apply for this job
Director of Customer, Digital and Corporate Strategy
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