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GOVERNANCE
Leading when leaderless
By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2026
Months after the May elections, Oldham still has no leader. Its chief executive Shelley Kipling and monitoring officer Alex Bougatef tell Heather Jameson how they built a system to keep services ru...
GOVERNANCE
Local government: Leading through testing times
By Ann McGauran | 21 October 2026
Natalie Brahma-Pearl and Stephen Gabriel talk to Ann McGauran about the challenges faced by globa...
GOVERNANCE
Local government: Time for tougher standards to deal with abuse and bullying
By Ann McGauran | 21 October 2026
The report of the Solace Commission on Professional Standards and Ethics has been published. Kath...
SOLACE SUMMIT
Councils must seize chance to rewire the state
By Paul Marinko | 21 October 2026
As he prepares to stand down from the presidency of Solace, Robin Tuddenham tells Paul Marinko ho...
IMPROVEMENT
Liverpool's recovery: how a council moved beyond intervention
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Liverpool City Council has shed its final improvement notice and emerged from intervention five y...
POLICY
Radical leader
By Ann McGauran | 24 September 2026
Anna Randle talks to Ann McGauran about her long commitment to local government reform working wi...
REORGANISATION
Getting ahead of council reform in Nottinghamshire
By Ann McGauran | 22 September 2026
Nottinghamshire’s councils are developing a framework covering safe, legal, transformational and ...
DEVOLUTION
Turning delay into delivery
By Ann McGauran | 12 August 2026
Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority was born amid a two-year delay to the mayoral ...
REGENERATION
Tourism costs
By Ann McGauran | 12 August 2026
Bath is a tourism destination delivering an ambitious programme of commercial regeneration. But i...
SIGOMA
A good time for 'Our Friends in the North'?
By Paul Marinko | 10 July 2026
With its power base in northern mets the stars have started to align for the Special Interest Gro...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
LGR's shadow over children's welfare
By Ann McGauran | 08 July 2026
As the sector’s children’s services chiefs gather at their annual conference in Manchester, Colin...
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Head of Property, Assets & Major Projects
Renumeration package £74 – 78k
This is a rare opportunity to combine strategic leadership, commercial asset management Apply for this job
Head of Legal - (Commercial & Projects)
£71,513- £80,593 per annum
We are seeking a senior solicitor to join as the Head of Legal for Commercial and Projects work. Apply for this job
Head of Business, Markets and Town Centres
PO10 - £84,042 - £89,274
We are now seeking an exceptional leader to join our Economy & Skills team as our new Head of Business Apply for this job
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Debate on unitary council size intensifies ahead of Government review
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Councils must be 'convenors' on rough sleeping, says LGA chair after No10 summit
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