Scrutiny

By Ed Hammond | 22 October 2015

Trying to open up, and open out, the devolution process – making it more visible and vital to the...

WHITEHALL

A cloud of secrecy

By Sam Clayden | 20 October 2015

Senior council officers have been urged to increase transparency around the devolution process af...

Counter-extremist strategy puts councils under spotlight

By Thomas Bridge | 19 October 2015

Councils are to be reviewed on how well they safeguard against ‘entryist’ infiltration as part of...

WHITEHALL

Cracking the code

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2015

Many believe in the need for an ethical code for officers to follow and, in the wake of SOLACE’s ...

WHITEHALL

Transparency must be at heart of devolution

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 September 2015

The Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) has called on councils to put transparency at the heart of ...

WHITEHALL

Is London local government capable of dealing with devo?

By Gareth Thomas | 19 August 2015

The London Assembly is too often forgotten about in the debate over the capital's future, writes ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Not a shaw thing!

12 August 2015

Summertime and the living is easy, unless you happen to travel by rickshaw and get stung by overz...

WHITEHALL

Improvement results finally made public

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2015

Smith Square has finally made public its consultation on the future of sector-led improvement – f...

HEALTH

Governance is as important as the deal

By Jacqui McKinlay | 20 July 2015

Devolution is the right thing to do but we now want the conversation to shift to how will it work...

WHITEHALL

LGA under pressure over sector-led improvement

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Further pressure is being piled on the Local Government Association (LGA) as it continues to cons...

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Reading Borough Council

Head of Highways Operations

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Somerset Council

Head of Operational Services

£73,051 to £75,342

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