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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...

FINANCE

Striking the best deal for councils in 2015

By Cllr David Sparks | 12 January 2015

Chair of the Local Government Association, Cllr David Sparks, sets out Smith Square's lobbying go...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The mayor the merrier?

By Dan Peters | 12 January 2015

Dan Peters talks to leading local government figures to assess whether directly-elected mayors ar...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Striking discrepancy

By Stephen Weigel | 12 January 2015

Conservative calls to make it more difficult to permit public sector strikes could have the oppos...

FINANCE

Are children's services the fourth emergency solution?

By Chris Waterman | 09 January 2015

Chris Waterman analyses what the year ahead, either side of the General Election in May, has in s...

BUSINESS

A dash for the centre

By Dan Corry | 09 January 2015

If your centre is weak, battles and games can be lost in the fight for control of the middle terr...

FINANCE

Senior posts to be axed at Redbridge

By Dan Peters | 09 January 2015

Three senior posts could be axed at Redbridge LBC less than three years after the last major revi...

FINANCE

Labour MPs lukewarm on mansion tax, poll finds

By Jonathan Werran | 09 January 2015

The majority of MPs believe the creation of higher rate council tax bands is a better way to refo...

PARISH COUNCILS

Ministers publish parish council proposals

By Jonathan Werran | 08 January 2015

Ministers have today published three key measures aimed at making it easier for communities to se...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

£174,377

Herefordshire is at an exciting point in its story. Apply for this job

Herefordshire Council

Service Director Children, Young People and Families

up to £122k

Great things are happening in Plymouth Children’s Services. Apply for this job

Plymouth City Council

Chief Operating Officer

£ to attract the best

Sheffield is an amazing, inspiring place to live, work and visit. Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council