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HUMAN RESOURCES

Queen's Speech 2016: Crack down on extremists working with vulnerable groups

By Laura Sharman | 18 May 2016

Councils will be given the power to stop extremists from working with children or vulnerable peop...

FINANCE

Cuts hamper health integration

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 May 2016

Cuts to council budgets are making the integration of health and social care more difficult, acco...

LEGISLATION

Peers slam CA's hasty public consultation

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 May 2016

Peers have criticised a public consultation on the West Midlands combined authority for being too...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA in limbo over next chairman

By Heather Jameson | 17 May 2016

A question mark hangs over who will lead the Local Government Association (LGA) after a legal opi...

LEGAL

Injunction delays report into corruption

By Heather Jameson | 17 May 2016

A report into alleged corruption at Sandwell MBC has been delayed after an injunction to stop its...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'Don't punish the devo undecided'

By Sam Clayden | 17 May 2016

Regions that have yet to fully embrace devolution should not be ‘penalised’ when Whitehall doles ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A whisker of power

17 May 2016

Sheffield City Council’s membership of the Local Government Association was doing three choruses ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

White Van Man on . . . mayors

17 May 2016

I’ve never quite figured out what mayors do.

WHITEHALL

Queen's speech 2016: Education Bill could lead to 'backdoor academisation'

By Sam Clayden | 17 May 2016

A new Bill unveiled in the Queen’s speech today will legislate for the academisation of all maint...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Let councils decide where to invest

17 May 2016

Calls are growing for the law to change so it stresses councils have the power to decide where th...

frederica-diamanta

Director of Transport

£112,924

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Group Lawyer Manager (Contracts and Commercial) - WMF2156e

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Westmorland and Furness Council

Programme Manager, Scarborough

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North Yorkshire Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of Transport

£112,924

Premium jobEast Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is on a bold journey. Apply for this job

East Midlands Combined County Authority

Group Lawyer Manager (Contracts and Commercial) - WMF2156e

£63,830 - £66,642

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Commercial and Contracts Lawyer to join our high-performing legal team Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Programme Manager, Scarborough

£49,764 - £53,817 per annum

Are you someone who is innovative and can oversee the delivery of strategic transformation programmes? Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council