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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Fear and loathing in St Albans

By Mark Rogers | 30 March 2015

SOLACE president Mark Rogers relates what he heard at this year's Future Forum - and what it poss...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Importance of imparting information

By David Walker | 30 March 2015

‘Town hall Pravdas’? No. Information is the lifeblood of local government and constricting its fl...

HEALTH

Pass on powers 'or economy will stall'

By Jamie Hailstone | 24 March 2015

Council leaders have reiterated their calls for more powers from Westminster, amid claims local g...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Business as usual?

By Professor Colin Copus | 17 March 2015

Committed localists will keep an eye on the Rotherham result on 8 May for what it will tell us ab...

FINANCE

Going going gone!

By Melanie Carter | 17 March 2015

With the imminent demise of the Audit Commission after nearly 30 years as local government’s spen...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Pickles announces £950,000 statutory notices cash pot winners

By Jonathan Werran | 13 March 2015

Some 23 local authorities to share £1m Government cash pot to modernise the publication of statut...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Council chiefs in low stakes plea

By Jonathan Werran | 12 March 2015

Council chiefs have written to the leaders of the main political parties demanding manifesto comm...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Devolved digital delivery

By Cllr Richard Stay | 11 March 2015

Cllr Richard Stay, chairman of the Improvement and Efficiency Panel at the East of England LGA, l...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Report warns councillors not to meddle in operational affairs

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

Officers at Portsmouth City Council (PCC) have ‘often felt under pressure to write reports that t...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

The signal and the noise

By Jonathan Carr-West | 10 March 2015

After Rotherham and Oxfordshire’s serious case reviews, we must be cautious about instigating a b...

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frederica-diamanta

Director - Corporate Services

£93,688 - £100,549 per annum

Develop your career with a forward-thinking authority based in an attractive part of South Devon. Apply for this job

Teignbridge District Council

Chief Executive

Up to £234,171

This is a rare opportunity to lead a council with both strength and ambition at a time of change. Apply for this job

Leicestershire County Council

Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning

up to £129,530 per annum

A career-defining role at the heart of adult social care transformation. Apply for this job

Kent County Council