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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Is free speech offensive?

By Claire Fox | 19 January 2015

Local authorities are guilty of pandering to a ‘PC gone mad’ offence culture in which the bleatin...

CLIMATE CHANGE

1m voters are missing, claims Miliband

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2015

Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned that 1m voters have disappeared from the Electoral Register ...

FINANCE

We don't boost the private sector by decimating the public sector

By Mayor Joe Anderson | 15 January 2015

Government hopes of creating a Northern Powerhouse economy will stall because of an illogical fai...

PAY

Next stop: more strikes?

By Jawaid Rehman | 15 January 2015

London-wide bus strike for equal pay would be illegal under proposed Conservative strike laws, wh...

WHITEHALL

Elected mayors ideal to top combined authorities

By Colin Copus | 15 January 2015

Professor of local politics at De Montfort University, Colin Copus, admits that directly-elected ...

EDUCATION

Rogers blows whistle on policies

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has urged other councils to check their whistleblowing ...

WHITEHALL

Referendum campaign for elected mayor

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

A campaign for a referendum on whether Greater Manchester should have an elected mayor has been l...

THIRD SECTOR

Where has the cohesion agenda gone?

By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2015

Let’s get community cohesion – and celebrating the diversity of our cities – back to the top of t...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Rogue tweeters are silenced

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2015

The chief executive of Cheshire East Council has intervened in a row over local authority staff h...

ROTHERHAM ABUSE

Healey launches libel action against UKIP councillor

By Heather Jameson | 12 January 2015

Former local government minister and The MJ’s columnist, John Healey, has launched legal action a...

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frederica-diamanta

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

Programme Manager - WMF2246e

£56,883 - £59,198

The Capital Programme team is responsible for the core delivery of the Council’s c. £80-100m/year Capital Programme Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Head of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer

£79,336 – £86,691 per annum

As Head of Law and Governance you join at a critical time. Apply for this job

Crawley Borough Council