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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA political balance 'must include mayoral mandate'

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2015

Calls are growing for the Local Government Association’s (LGA) ‘outdated’ political balance formu...

WHITEHALL

Referendum call over Coventry combined authority decision

By Dan Peters | 27 May 2015

A petition calling for a referendum on whether Coventry City Council should join a West Midlands ...

WHITEHALL

Queen's Speech 2015: housing and devolution Bills to the fore

By Jonathan Werran | 27 May 2015

Plans to give cities greater economic powers and a controversial extension of the Right to Buy sc...

HUMAN RESOURCES

White Van Man on . . . redundancy pay

26 May 2015

What amazes me about these public sector suits is that despite moaning they’ve been through squil...

HUMOUR

A undead good idea

26 May 2015

Regular readers will no doubt be aware of Diary’s long-standing concerns about local government v...

HUMOUR

Smile like you mean it

26 May 2015

The ability to grin and bear it is, Diary is sure, common to our local government readership.

LEGISLATION

Leicestershire chiefs preparing Combined Authority bid

By Jonathan Werran | 26 May 2015

Council chiefs in Leicestershire are scheduled to meet for talks aimed at creating a Combined Aut...

HEALTH

Healey to stand in deputy leader race

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 May 2015

Former local government minister and The MJ columnist John Healey has announced he is standing fo...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Clark: Government will go further to rebalance economy

By Dan Peters | 26 May 2015

Communities and local government secretary Greg Clark has pledged the Government will ‘go much fu...

ERIC PICKLES

Pickles to be given knighthood

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2015

The communities secretary for the duration of the last parliament, Eric Pickles, is to be given a...

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Service Director - Education, Participation, and Skills

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Plymouth City Council

Service Manager - Regulated Services and CQC Oversight

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We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and driven leader to join our Adult Social Care team Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Director of Transport and Climate

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