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PREVENTION
Making the shift to prevention
By Zachary Scott | 24 June 2026
Councils across the UK are invited to get involved as partners in the second phase of a new programme to support a strategic shift to prevention. Zachary Scott explains.
REORGANISATION
Local government reorganisation: What councils must get right
By Elliott Fletcher | 23 June 2026
Most LGR savings assumptions won't deliver without this – what every council must get right befor...
EMERGENCY PLANNING
Community resilience, civil defence and the leadership challenge for councils
By Stephen Moir | 05 June 2026
Civil resilience cannot be left solely to emergency planners, says Stephen Moir. Local government...
LOCAL ECONOMIES
New edition
By Ann McGauran | 01 April 2026
As CLES hits 40, chief executive Sarah Longlands speaks to Ann McGauran about the organisation’s ...
RESILIENCE
Local Power Plan will fail unless we share power, not just infrastructure
By Emily Morrison | 24 February 2026
Emily Morrison says that done right, the Local Power Plan could help build local resilience for d...
EMERGENCY PLANNING
Finding 'ordinary' ways to build up local resilience
By Jim Savege | 16 February 2026
By mobilising community groups, councils are building proactive ways of responding to emergencie...
REORGANISATION
The risks of developing new 'greenfield' unitaries deserve thought
By Gill Kneller | 20 January 2026
'At the same time as embracing the opportunities of reorganisation, we must also remain clear-eye...
REORGANISATION
The needs of people rather than maps are what most deserve our attention
By Pam Parkes | 09 December 2025
Pam Parkes fears structures are being locked into reorganisation without factoring in workforce c...
FUTURE FORUM
Future Forum North: Hold your values steady
By Dan Peters | 05 December 2025
The chair of senior officers’ group Solace has told leaders to hold their values steady amid incr...
COVID INQUIRY
After the Covid Inquiry: It's time for serious devolution
By Vijay K Luthra | 26 November 2025
Devolution is a resilience issue after the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, say Patrick Diamond and Vijay K L...
PUBLIC HEALTH
Navigating the Covid storm
By Barry Quirk | 04 November 2025
A book about how a London borough which found itself with the highest incidence of Covid-19 in th...
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Transport and Major Work Manager
£54,556 to £60,085 per year Inclusive of Local Weighting Allowance of £1096
Premium jobDrive the future of transport and infrastructure in Slough Apply for this job
Head of In-House Repairs and Maintenance
£69,228 - £78,018
We are seeking an exceptional and experienced leader to join our Housing service as Head of In-House Repairs and Maintenance. Apply for this job
Head of Constitutional and Electoral Services
£89,037 - £92,538
This role will place you at the centre of political decision-making and governance in the Council. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- Council urged to take immediate steps to cut costs
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