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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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Chief Executive
c.£235,000
In April 2027, West Surrey Council will become one of England's largest new unitary authorities Apply for this job
Business Manager – Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership (KSCP)
£54,703 - £60,044
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Deputy Social Care Manager
£52,413 - £54,495 per annum
Are you looking for your next step in your Social Work management career? Apply for this job
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