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LEGAL
Steering clear of the local government cover-up
By Patricia Grinyer | 04 February 2026
Patricia Grinyer warns that for in-house lawyers and section 151 officers professional duties mus...
LEADERSHIP
Lifting off with the Impact local government national graduate programme
By Gabriella Mercuri | 28 January 2026
Gabriella Mercuri looks at how North Northamptonshire Council is using the Impact graduate scheme...
IMPROVEMENT
Children's services: What good looks like in Solihull
By Paul Johnson | 20 January 2026
Solihull MBC’s journey from Inadequate to Good in its latest Inspection of Local Authority Childr...
HR
From adult social care international recruitment crisis to collaboration
By Pete Fahy | 19 January 2026
Pete Fahy looks at how the West Midlands is rewriting the future of social care workforce plannin...
REGENERATION
Regeneration: Tenacity, not tenure: keeping a long-term project on track
By Nick Eveleigh | 23 December 2025
Delivering a new train station in Chelmsford has been a decades-long project. Nick Eveleigh refle...
PLACE-MAKING
People, purpose – and power
By Ellen Care | 19 December 2025
Five pioneering councils have teamed up with Collaborate CIC to share insight, solve problems col...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Playing the long game
By Ann McGauran | 18 December 2025
Cornwall’s approach to managing the cost of supporting working age adults has already started to ...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Five lessons to usher in Total Place 2.0
By Stephen Taylor | 16 December 2025
Stephen Taylor welcomes the launch of place-based budget pilots across five mayoral authorities. ...
DEVOLUTION
Delivering health and devo
By Louise Gittins | 10 December 2025
Cheshire and Merseyside are teaming up with local partners – and with Sir Michael Marmot and the ...
PFI
How to prepare for a smooth, safe and compliant PFI handback
By Lorna Kenyon-Pain | 02 December 2025
Emma Beynon, Alex Lawrence and Lorna Kenyon-Pain look at the issues around handback of Private Fi...
Head of Operational Services
Head of Operational Services
South Derbyshire District Council is seeking an ambitious and commercially minded Head of Operational Services Apply for this job
Service Director – Property and Business Support Services
£86,955 – £94,552 per annum
You’ll have a rare opportunity to influence how an entire council uses its assets Apply for this job
Head of Operational Services
Head of Operational Services
South Derbyshire District Council is seeking an ambitious and commercially minded Head of Operational Services Apply for this job
Service Director – Property and Business Support Services
£86,955 – £94,552 per annum
You’ll have a rare opportunity to influence how an entire council uses its assets Apply for this job
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