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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

'There is more that unites us than divides us'

By Bob Neill | 28 June 2017

Echoing the words of the late Jo Cox MP, Bob Neill argues a cross-party, cross-government approac...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Government rejects call for intervention in tower blaze council

By Dan Peters | 22 June 2017

The Government has rejected calls for commissioners to run Kensington & Chelsea RLBC after it was...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Lower-tier councils pull out of Sheffield devolution deal

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2017

Bassetlaw DC has become the second lower-tier council to back away from participation in the Shef...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

A manifesto for local government

By Colin Copus | 06 June 2017

Professor Colin Copus thrashes out his own ‘manifesto for local government’ after seeing the low ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Building trust in a post-truth age

By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 May 2017

Local government must lead the way in a new world where truth is no longer the gold standard, wri...

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...

frederica-diamanta

Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

Grade 12 £67,236 – £71,223 plus £3000pa Statutory Officer Allowance

Premium jobWe are looking for an accomplished and proactive leader for our vacant post of Head of Democratic Services & Elections Apply for this job

Harborough District Council

Strategic Director, Corporate Services

c£162,000 per annum, more for an exceptional candidate

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC

Director of Human Resources

£119,466 - £131,207

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC