LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

The beating heart of politics now rests in the suburbs and shires

By Paul Wheeler | 30 May 2017

In spite of the urban centres growing in population, we will see a transfer of political represen...

FINANCE

We have to marry our numbers and our words correctly

By Adele Taylor | 30 May 2017

Getting the narrative right on our annual finances, as well as the potential future impact, is mo...

WHITEHALL

Chiefs back electoral registration changes

By Dan Peters | 30 May 2017

Council chief executives have backed calls for improvements to electoral registration amid report...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Strengthening local democracy

By John Stewart | 24 May 2017

In a final article written before he died last month, George Jones and fellow author John Stewart...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Tory ID check plan could 'put people off voting'

By Dan Peters | 18 May 2017

Plans in the Conservative manifesto to introduce voter identification across the UK are ‘overbear...

FINANCE

Resetting our relationship with residents

By Alex Bailey | 17 May 2017

What is the role of the state? Alex Bailey explains how Adur and Worthing councils are creating p...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Respecting the will of the people

By Claire Fox | 17 May 2017

Misreading the newly-invigorated electorate has become far too common. The political debate has b...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Labour is sick but it is not yet terminal

By Ben Page | 17 May 2017

Labour is like a very ill patient that refuses to die, but Ben Page predicts the party's demise i...

FINANCE

Burnham's integration vow over GM health and care

By Sam Clayden | 17 May 2017

Andy Burnham has vowed to drive ‘further and deeper’ integration in Greater Manchester as he push...

HEALTH

We need to involve people in difficult decisions about services

By Ewan King | 15 May 2017

Involving residents in developing, delivering and evaluating controversial proposals, such as hos...

frederica-diamanta

Director – Housing Services

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Redbridge London Borough Council

Executive Director – Place, Communities and Enterprise

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Redbridge London Borough Council

Director of Quality, Partnerships and Commissioning (Children and Families)

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Cheshire East Council

frederica-diamanta

Director – Housing Services

£Competitive

Are you ready to lead transformative housing services in one of London’s most ambitious and diverse boroughs? Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

Executive Director – Place, Communities and Enterprise

£Competitive

Are you ready to lead one of London’s most ambitious place-shaping agendas? Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

Director of Quality, Partnerships and Commissioning (Children and Families)

From £85,883 to £115,826

The role will lead on arrangements for statutory Apply for this job

Cheshire East Council