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WHITEHALL

Call for 'surge vaccine supplies' as Indian variant spreads

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2021

Local public health experts have asked the Government for ‘surge vaccine supplies’ amid anxiety o...

HEALTH

More than 100 leisure centres could go bust, DCN warns

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2021

More than 100 leisure centres in England could go bust due to the coronavirus crisis, district co...

HEALTH

Javid: Devolution crucial in levelling up

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2021

Former local government secretary Sajid Javid has stressed the importance of devolution in the dr...

WHITEHALL

Child protection to be 'reset'

By Martin Ford | 12 May 2021

Child protection will not return to the pre-pandemic norm, a top Department for Education officia...

WHITEHALL

PM dashes hopes for localism and devolution

By Heather Jameson | 12 May 2021

All hopes that prime ministers forged through local politics would be localists, sympathetic to ...

WHITEHALL

Let's continue to open national politicians' and civil servants' eyes to the potential of local government

By Graeme McDonald | 12 May 2021

Writing in advance of the Queen's Speech, Graeme McDonald wondered if it would set up a new relat...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A level of uncertainty

By Martin Ford | 12 May 2021

A Levelling up White Paper will emerge later this year, to replace the long-promised legislative ...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG pushes ahead with exit pay data demands

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2021

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is pushing ahead with demanding...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: High needs spending could 'bankrupt councils'

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2021

A senior finance director has warned that spending on high needs threatens to ‘bankrupt councils’...

WHITEHALL

Queen's Speech: Controversial voter ID plans roll forward

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2021

Voter ID is expected to be introduced by May 2023 after the Government pledged to introduce legis...

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director Adult Services & Housing

to £150k

There’s a distinctive, energising sense of excitement and possibility Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Service Director - Children’s Commissioning & Performance

to £121k

Our new Children & Young People’s plan was co-produced with the energetic input of over 6,000 children across Somerset. Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Assistant Director - Regulatory

£80,161- £92,306

We offer flexible working hours for most office-based roles, allowing for a healthy work-life balance. Apply for this job

South Norfolk and Broadland District Councils

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director Adult Services & Housing

to £150k

There’s a distinctive, energising sense of excitement and possibility Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Service Director - Children’s Commissioning & Performance

to £121k

Our new Children & Young People’s plan was co-produced with the energetic input of over 6,000 children across Somerset. Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Assistant Director - Regulatory

£80,161- £92,306

We offer flexible working hours for most office-based roles, allowing for a healthy work-life balance. Apply for this job

South Norfolk and Broadland District Councils