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REORGANISATION

Essex set to remain split on reorganisation proposals

By Paul Marinko | 29 May 2025

Essex CC’s leader has admitted the county’s councils may fail to agree on a single reorganisation...

REORGANISATION

Five stars for Wiltshire

By Sally Kimber | 28 May 2025

Sally Kimber shares her experience of merging five districts into one unitary authority, and offe...

REORGANISATION

Reform and reorganisation

By Laura Hughes | 28 May 2025

Laura Hughes asks what Reform UK’s local elections success will mean for local government reorgan...

DEVOLUTION

A hunger for change

By Simon Kaye | 28 May 2025

The Government’s ambitious programme of local government reform should be just a start, argues Si...

REORGANISATION

Leader's doubts over Kent reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 27 May 2025

Kent CC’s Reform UK leader has thrown the region’s reorganisation proposals into doubt following ...

LEADERSHIP

Success is all in the preparation

By Kathy O’Leary | 27 May 2025

Kathy O'Leary writes: 'In district councils we’re prepared to do exactly what I did on marathon d...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Enter the matrix

By Colin Foster | 22 May 2025

As councils embark on local government reform, Colin Foster presents a matrix to support better o...

REORGANISATION

Reorganisation feedback letters continue to trickle out

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2025

The Government is continuing to issue feedback letters responding to interim reorganisation plans...

FINANCE

The small things make a difference

By Tracie Langley | 21 May 2025

The unitarisation of councils through reorganisation may remove the existing channels to communit...

MAYORS

Sector should welcome mayors with open arms

By Heather Jameson | 21 May 2025

Heather Jameson says: 'Much like reorganisation, strategic authorities offer a blank page to re-w...

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frederica-diamanta

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

Director of Finance and Procurement

£109,248 - £120,622

Gloucestershire County Council is seeking an exceptional, forward-thinking Director of Finance. Apply for this job

Gloucestershire County Council