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FINANCE

LGA calls for planning fees overhaul

By Sam Clayden | 03 November 2015

Council leaders have urged the Government to allow local authorities to set their own planning fees.

GENERAL ELECTION 2015

Council to improve election process following report

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 November 2015

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has pledged to introduce a raft of improvements, following the public...

SOCIAL CARE

Greg Clark urges councils to raise efforts on dementia

By Thomas Bridge | 03 November 2015

Greg Clark has urged councils to work more closely with the Alzheimer’s Society and improve suppo...

FINANCE

Care inspection fees set to rise

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 November 2015

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is going to increase the amount it charges health and social ca...

FINANCE

City of York care home closures approved

By Sam Clayden | 02 November 2015

City of York Council has approved plans to close two North Yorkshire care homes for the elderly, ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

UKIP council hit by another defection

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 November 2015

A sixth member of Thanet DC’s ruling UKIP administration has quit the party.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Glasgow bin lorry crash driver resigns before disciplinary

By Thomas Bridge | 02 November 2015

The driver of a bin lorry that crashed into pedestrians in Glasgow last year, killing six people,...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

PM throws down the adoption gauntlet

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 November 2015

David Cameron has challenged councils to double the number of children being placed with families...

HUMOUR

white van man

30 October 2015

It’s never ending this obsession with healthy eating.

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Let the Wookie win

30 October 2015

Not so long ago, in a country not so far away, local government tried to bring two warring interg...

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Senior Lawyer Planning and Highways - WMF2312e

£56,883 - £59,198

To be a success in our Legal Team you will have experience as a Planning and Highways Lawyer Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Developer

£50793 - £59756 per annum

Interviews will be held W/C 27th October 2025.*Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Enjoy the freedom to Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Head of Housing and Communities / Pennaeth Tai a Chymunedau

£99,947 - £102,952

At Denbighshire County Council, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved—and even more excited about what’s ahead. Apply for this job

Denbighshire County Council

frederica-diamanta

Senior Lawyer Planning and Highways - WMF2312e

£56,883 - £59,198

To be a success in our Legal Team you will have experience as a Planning and Highways Lawyer Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Developer

£50793 - £59756 per annum

Interviews will be held W/C 27th October 2025.*Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Enjoy the freedom to Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Head of Housing and Communities / Pennaeth Tai a Chymunedau

£99,947 - £102,952

At Denbighshire County Council, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved—and even more excited about what’s ahead. Apply for this job

Denbighshire County Council