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PEOPLE

Chief officer appointed for East Midlands devolution

By Martin Ford | 11 August 2023

Mark Rogers has been appointed as the interim chief officer of the East Midlands devolution progr...

FOI

Councils face action for Freedom of Information failings

By Martin Ford | 11 August 2023

Tower Hamlets LBC and Liverpool City Council have repeatedly missed FoI deadlines.

WHITEHALL

Call for social mobility to have bigger role in funding allocation

By Dan Peters | 11 August 2023

The Government should do more to ‘actively target’ council funding to low social mobility areas, ...

FINANCE

Auditor finds 'significant weaknesses' in Bristol's finances

By Martin Ford | 10 August 2023

‘Significant weaknesses’ in reducing overspends are threatening Bristol City Council’s financial ...

FINANCE

Alarm over Welsh budget warnings

By Martin Ford | 10 August 2023

The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has warned a return to austerity would be ‘devastat...

FINANCE

Kirklees spending controls to avert s114

By Martin Ford | 09 August 2023

Senior councillors will be asked to implement a series of cost-cutting measures to combat in-year...

PLANNING

DCN hits back against call for planning to shift to upper-tier

09 August 2023

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has rejected a call by former local government secretary Gre...

HEALTH

White van man on... veganism

08 August 2023

I had this dream last night. Well actually it was a nightmare. I’d become a vegan.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah

08 August 2023

Diary initially feared the worst on reading that Caerphilly CBC chief executive Christina Harrhy ...

WHITEHALL

Long and the short of it

08 August 2023

An oft-repeated mantra is that politics is too short-termist and politicians are only interested ...

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Head of Service Social Work & Specialist Support

Grade M scp 60 £72,118 - scp 64 £77,293

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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Director of Housing and Place

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Dover District Council

Senior Manager Waste and Streetscene - WMF3050e

£63,830 - £66,642

Westmorland and Furness Council is seeking a Senior Manager in our Waste and Streetscene department. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

frederica-diamanta

Head of Service Social Work & Specialist Support

Grade M scp 60 £72,118 - scp 64 £77,293

There couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us. Apply for this job

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Director of Housing and Place

Up to £108,924 plus allowances

Dover is a place of rich heritage, natural beauty, and exciting opportunity. Apply for this job

Dover District Council

Senior Manager Waste and Streetscene - WMF3050e

£63,830 - £66,642

Westmorland and Furness Council is seeking a Senior Manager in our Waste and Streetscene department. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council