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PLACE-MAKING
Engage, design, deliver: how collaboration can boost a community's prospects
By Ross Aitchison | 02 September 2025
With a collectively minded approach to engagement and design, aspirational place policies can del...
REGENERATION
Regeneration can sometimes look like decline, until it doesn't
By Andrew Carter | 13 August 2025
Many local authorities are making brave decisions on high street renewal, often with limited reso...
PLANNING
District plea over planning powers
By Neil Merrick | 13 August 2025
District councils have appealed to ministers not to leave them out of planning decisions once fre...
TRANSFORMATION
A council on a mission
By Cllr Lisa Evans | 02 July 2025
Mission-based working is transforming Stockton-on-Tees by empowering communities and driving chan...
INVESTMENT
Green Book Review: Evolution not revolution for local investment
By Simon Dancer | 19 June 2025
Treasury's latest review of the Green Book holds the line on orthodoxy but offers cautious encour...
INVESTMENT
We need to concentrate on delivery
By Cllr James Lewis | 16 June 2025
'There is a risk we spend too much time talking about shiny buildings in city centres and neglect...
PROCUREMENT
The blueprints for success of council companies
By Perry Holmes | 12 June 2025
Peter Ware and Perry Holmes look at how Medway Development Company and SCAPE are shaping the futu...
HEALTH
Finding flickers of light
By Matthew Taylor | 03 June 2025
Despite the obstacles to multi-agency working, there are green shoots in joint efforts to produce...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Partnership working is essential
By Louise Gittens | 02 June 2025
By fostering stronger connections, local government can harness cutting-edge solutions, leverage ...
HOUSING
Can the Spending Review deliver for housing in the North?
By Tracy Harrison | 28 May 2025
Tracy Harrison reflects on the opportunity devolution offers for housing in the North, and what i...
Executive Director of Place and Customer
up to £179,404 per annum
Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
Director of Social Work and Social Care
£100,731 to £104,625
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Housing Ombudsman
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Executive Director of Place and Customer
up to £179,404 per annum
Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
Director of Social Work and Social Care
£100,731 to £104,625
You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job
Housing Ombudsman
£130,095 per annum, negotiable based on experience.
The Housing Ombudsman Service allows colleagues to choose if they wish to work in the London office, from home or a hybrid of the two Apply for this job
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