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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Cameron told councils not a 'barrier' on schools

By Sam Clayden | 08 October 2015

Council leaders have insisted local authorities should remain at the heart of the school system a...

WHITEHALL

SOLACE Summit: £11bn of extra responsibilities for councils

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2015

Local government will have to take on £11bn of additional responsibilities from Whitehall in retu...

WHITEHALL

Calls to record child spending costs 'ignored'

07 October 2015

Urgent calls from the sector for Whitehall to improve the comparison and recording of children’s ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Slow staff recruitment 'costs councils £437m'

By Thomas Bridge | 07 October 2015

Inefficient council recruitment is costing hundreds of millions of pounds in lost productivity, a...

FINANCE

Make time away from crime

By Cllr Roy Perry | 06 October 2015

Further reductions to the Youth Offending Teams grant will have serious effects on the ability of...

FINANCE

Lost in translation?

By Graeme McDonald | 06 October 2015

SOLACE director Graeme McDonald points out how the USA views its councils, the similarities and t...

WHITEHALL

Councils to get more cash to help refugees

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 October 2015

The Government has confirmed additional funding is on the way to help local authorities house and...

WHITEHALL

'Devolution is a Labour value' says McMahon

By Sam Clayden | 30 September 2015

Local Government Association Labour group leader Jim McMahon has insisted devolution is a core va...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

More local government voices needed in Lords

By Paul Wheeler | 30 September 2015

We should push for more local government voices in the existing House of Lords, argues director o...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

SOLACE code needs to have 'more bite'

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2015

A committee will be formed to develop the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives’ (SOLACE) c...

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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