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BUSINESS

Call for professional LGPS qualification

By Mark Conrad | 11 September 2023

Council pension schemes face a staff brain drain that could be tackled by a professional qualific...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Home Office threatens to ramp up pressure on asylum

By Struan Walker | 11 September 2023

Uncooperative councils could be strong-armed into taking greater numbers of asylum seekers, The M...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Wales to consider funding bids straddling English border

By Paul Marinko | 11 September 2023

Wales’ economy minister has said he would consider funding bids from a new council partnership th...

BUSINESS

Gove tells councils to resource housing enforcement

By Dan Peters | 11 September 2023

Local government secretary Michael Gove has urged councils to commit to providing their housing e...

FINANCE

LGA: Section 114s show system is 'broken'

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2023

The Local Government Association (LGA) will cite the number of section 114 notices issued by coun...

OFSTED

Swindon children's services 'inadequate'

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2023

Swindon BC’s children’s services have been judged inadequate by Ofsted.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Councils spend £2bn on agency staff

By Ellie Ames | 11 September 2023

At least £2.1bn was spent on agency staff by councils across the UK last year, according to analy...

PLANNING

Council halts work on RAF Scampton

By Ellie Ames | 08 September 2023

West Lindsey DC has ordered the Home Office to stop work to convert a former military base into a...

PLANNING

Mandatory housing targets rejected

By Martin Ford | 07 September 2023

An amendment to the levelling up Bill to introduce mandatory housebuilding targets has been rejec...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

East Devon chief expected to leave

By Dan Peters | 07 September 2023

The chief executive of East Devon DC is expected to leave ‘imminently’ once a settlement agreemen...

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director - Growth, Enterprise and Environment

£139,111.00 (pay award pending)

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Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development

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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

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