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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Hall puts pressure on Croydon for May mayoral referendum
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2021
Local government minister Luke Hall has suggested any referendum on introducing a directly-electe...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Four areas unprepared for Hong Kong 'surge arrival'
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021
Four local resilience forums have admitted they are unprepared for the potential arrival of thous...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
EXCLUSIVE: DCN attempts to use tiers frustration to boost reorganisation case
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021
The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has attempted to boost its local government reorganisation a...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Election officers bid for legal protection
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2021
Returning officers have called for protection against lawsuits for running this year’s elections ...
WHITEHALL
Foresight group finds 'lack of strategy and shared plan'
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2021
‘Siloed and isolated action has been proven to fail again and again’ in the country’s response to...
WHITEHALL
MP launches Bill to scrap business rates
By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2021
Business rates should be abolished in a bid to save high street shops, an MP has claimed.
WHITEHALL
Local leaders pile on vaccine pressure
By Dan Peters | 12 January 2021
Frustrated local government leaders have piled pressure on ministers and officials over the speed...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Starmer demands halt to 'absurd' council tax rises
By Martin Ford | 11 January 2021
Labour leader Keir Starmer has called for central government to increase funding for local author...
CRIME
Liverpool mayor agrees not to stand again after arrest
By Dan Peters | 04 January 2021
Liverpool City Council’s mayor Joe Anderson has reluctantly agreed not to stand again for the rol...
DEVOLUTION
Labour announces 'constitutional commission' on devolution
By Martin Ford | 21 December 2020
Leader Sir Keir Starmer said it will look at transferring more powers from Westminster to local l...
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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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