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FINANCE
Somerset in section 114 warning
By Martin Ford | 31 August 2023
Somerset Council is the latest authority to raise the prospect of a possible section 114 notice.
PLANNING
Keep it communal
By Cllr Barry Wood | 15 August 2023
Former levelling up secretary Greg Clark is wrong to advocate shifting planning from district to ...
FINANCE
Building a post-merger Bucks
By Clive Jones | 11 July 2023
Clive Jones describes how merging five councils into one unitary authority led to a streamlined r...
FINANCE
A week in the life of a section 151 officer
By Tracie Langley | 04 July 2023
Tracie Langley has had a technically challenging and fulfilling week, 'but I am feeling the full ...
REORGANISATION
Placemaking budgets should combine capital pots with revenue, says report
By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2023
Ministers should combine revenue and capital pots into a single placemaking budget to fund neighb...
ELECTIONS
The size conspiracy
By Colin Copus | 20 June 2023
The journey towards implementing the recommendations in the Redcliffe-Maud report is based on the...
WHITEHALL
Clark: Time to simplify local government
By Heather Jameson | 14 June 2023
The time has come for local government reorganisation and for councils to be given more power, fo...
WHITEHALL
Unfinished business
By Heather Jameson | 13 June 2023
Greg Clark has been local government secretary twice. He speaks to Heather Jameson about the need...
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...
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Director of Planning and Building Control
up to £140,000
Our new director will play a key role at the heart of the Council’s ambitious agenda for place‐based growth and regeneration. Apply for this job
Assistant Director, Strategic Property
circa £120,000
This exciting property leadership role combines commercial, civic, and heritage asset management Apply for this job
Chief Executive
circa £150,000
We embrace the opportunities presented by reorganisation and devolution across the region. Apply for this job
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