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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Municipal bonds backed to change sector

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2015

Labour’s new shadow chancellor Chris Leslie has backed the creation of the UK’s municipal bonds a...

FINANCE

Calls grow for finance system reform

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2015

The new ministerial line up at Marsham Street should simplify the ‘complicated’ local government ...

FINANCE

Questions remain over authorities 'co-mingling' funding

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2015

Councils may be flouting a ban by using pension fund cash to boost spending budgets.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Minister warns: merge or submit to new powers

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 May 2015

The children’s minister has told council services to merge voluntarily and speed up the adoption ...

WHITEHALL

Welfare cuts 'will hit housing handouts'

By Jonathan Werran | 27 May 2015

Government plans to deliver £12bn welfare cuts by 2017/18, as outlined in the Conservative Party ...

SOCIAL CARE

'Merge services and lose jobs'

By MJ reporter | 27 May 2015

The trade union Unison has warned plans to bring together education and social care services at S...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Three counties' CA alliance plans 'quietly dropped'

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2015

Three counties seeking devolved powers to boost economic growth have quietly dropped the idea of ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

'Unfair' regs hampered debate over council tax referendum

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2015

The police and crime commissioner who lost the first council tax referendum has said the regulati...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Northern Powerhouse minister role sends positive signal for devo

By Jonathan Werran | 27 May 2015

The appointment of a Northern Powerhouse minister is a ‘positive signal’ the Government ‘takes se...

BUSINESS

Decentralisation could be mired in confusion

By MJ reporter | 27 May 2015

Confusion reigns, according to some local government figures over possible county devolution deal...

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director - Growth, Enterprise and Environment

£139,111.00 (pay award pending)

Premium jobThis is a chance to make a significant difference to the lives of families across our borough – and to seriously improve your quality of life. Apply for this job

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development

Up to £111,000

You will be responsible for overseeing area based regeneration programmes. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Executive Director, Home and Communities

£160-200k p.a.

At Camden, we don’t just deliver services — we work alongside communities to challenge injustice and drive real social change. Apply for this job

Camden London Borough Council