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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Housing and Brexit: a toxic mix for the Tories on 3 May

By Michael Burton | 17 April 2018

Michael Burton asks whether local issues could help the Conservatives salvage some comfort from w...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Empowering your residents

By Maxine Moar | 17 April 2018

Authorities can empower residents by changing behaviour and enlisting support for that change whe...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Government orders councils to cease fortnightly publications

By Hiba Mahamadi | 12 April 2018

The Government has directed Hackney and Waltham Forest LBCs to cease publication of their fortnig...

WHITEHALL

Welsh Government in new push for larger councils

By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2018

Local government in Wales is facing a radical overhaul, with ministers consulting on plans to cre...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Youth vote is not the answer

By Claire Fox | 07 March 2018

Claire Fox argues that extending the vote to 16-year-olds is a distraction from the failure to en...

WHITEHALL

Kerslake in attempt to break devolution deadlock

By Dan Peters | 01 March 2018

The former head of the Civil Service, Lord Kerslake, has been drafted in to resolve the deadlock ...

WHITEHALL

East Anglia devolution back on agenda

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2018

An influential council leader has urged his colleagues to resurrect plans for devolution to East ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Un-breaking local news

By Bob Neill | 14 February 2018

The decline of readily-available quality local news continues, but with the Government’s recent r...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The democratic dimensions of the Suffragettes' victory

By Ed Cox | 13 February 2018

Ed Cox looks at what last week's centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act means for...

WHITEHALL

Devolution framework 'almost done'

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2018

The Government's new devolution framework is 'almost done,' communities secretary Sajid Javid has...

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Alternative Provision Specialist Lead

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North East Lincolnshire Council

Executive Director – Community Health, Wellbeing & Prevention (DASS)

£160,000

Southampton is a bold, diverse and fast-changing city. Apply for this job

Southampton City Council

Principal Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial

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Do you want to make a difference to local people? Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council