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DEVOLUTION
Manchester 'frustrated' at pace of devolution
By Martin Ford | 08 June 2023
Manchester’s leader has said there is ‘a long way to go’ to meet the city’s devolution ambitions.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Districts hit back at compulsory unitarisation call
By Martin Ford | 11 May 2023
District councils have defended their role in revitalising local economies after a think-tank adv...
REORGANISATION
BCP is a different ball game
By Heather Jameson | 10 May 2023
Chief executive of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Graham Farrant likes a challenge a...
WASTE
Space: the final frontier
By Ian Miller | 02 May 2023
Ian Miller wonders why there is such a rush with the Government's revised national Air Quality St...
REORGANISATION
Forging the future of local government
By Joanna Killian | 02 May 2023
Joanna Killian, the chief executive of Surrey CC and the newly-elected chair of the Association o...
REORGANISATION
Off the grid
18 April 2023
Westmorland and Furness was among the new unitary councils to officially come into being this mon...
PLANNING
Planning officers 'unsupported' following reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 14 April 2023
A lack of preparation during reorganisation left West Northamptonshire Council’s planning departm...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Transferring LEP functions to upper tier councils goes with the policy grain
By James Maker | 04 April 2023
The County Councils’ Network will be engaging Government to ensure the transfer of LEPs is compat...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Giant county unitaries run counter to people power
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 30 March 2023
The challenge to the new unitaries is to prove that, far from being a distant monolith, they can ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A cheer for Vesting Day
By Andy Starkie | 28 March 2023
As councils gear up to become unitaries on 1 April. Andy Starkie offers advice on how to make the...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- Government rejects SEND power expansion for councils
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Competitive
The strategic voice of finance at the heart of Dudley. Apply for this job
Director of Commissioning, Procurement & Contract Management
£99k - £103k
When you’re spending ten figures a year, you need to be way beyond just asking ‘how many, and how much? Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- Government rejects SEND power expansion for councils
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