EDUCATION

Queen's Speech: New measures to raise education standards

By Laura Sharman | 10 May 2022

Local authorities will have a new duty to provide support to home-schooling families under new me...

QUEENS SPEECH

Queen's Speech: Mental health laws to be overhauled

By William Eichler | 10 May 2022

Government will reform mental health laws to make it harder to detain people and to stop the disp...

PLANNING

Appetite for construction?

By Jonathan Werran | 09 May 2022

The Levelling Up department’s wish to see a council housebuilding revolution will require an incr...

PLANNING

New Bill to put beauty at the heart of planning, says Gove

By Heather Jameson | 08 May 2022

The Queen’s Speech is set to include a new bill to revamp planning and kick start housebuilding, ...

COUNCILLORS

Councils must lead the way in raising standards across social housing

By Jamie Carswell | 29 June 2021

The Social Housing White Paper should be welcomed as a chance to renew council housing’s purpose ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

We are getting warmer on climate change

By Kathy O’Leary | 26 May 2021

The Government needs to apply the same problem solving to climate change as it has to tackling th...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

A nuanced approach to levelling up is needed

By Nicola Beach | 26 May 2021

As Nicola Beach becomes the chair of the Association of County Chief Executives, she looks at the...

QUEENS SPEECH

Sir Andrew Dilnot is upbeat on reform to social care

By Ann McGauran | 20 May 2021

Author of the landmark 2011 review into social care funding Sir Andrew Dilnot is upbeat about the...

HEALTH

Making 'build, build, build' a reality

17 May 2021

Having listened to the Queen’s Speech, Cllr Darren Rodwell worries the Government is ‘overly fixa...

WHITEHALL

PM dashes hopes for localism and devolution

By Heather Jameson | 12 May 2021

All hopes that prime ministers forged through local politics would be localists, sympathetic to ...

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Family Help and Safeguarding

£105,836 - £121,235

Brighter Futures for Children is looking for a visionary leader to drive transformation and improvement in children's services at a pivotal time. Apply for this job

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Head of Highways Operations

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Premium jobSomerset offers a unique blend of natural beauty, rich history and vibrant community life. Apply for this job

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Head of Operational Services

£73,051 to £75,342

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South Derbyshire District Council