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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Calls for a new Audit Commission are an affront to localism
By Ian Miller | 25 April 2018
Ian Miller rejects recent calls for the reinvention of the Audit Commission.
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...
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Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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