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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

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

Deputy Team Manager

£50,574 - £53,607

Strength in people. Strength in communities. Strength in diversity. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Chief Executive

Up to £177,821 per annum

At City of York Council, we are proud of our strong civic identity, heritage, and ambition. Apply for this job

City of York Council