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WHITEHALL

Government adviser urges councils to prepare for post-lockdown

By Heather Jameson | 24 November 2020

Councils should be preparing residents now for emerging safely from lockdown, a member of the Gov...

HOUSING

Councils have 'serious concerns' over protecting rough sleepers this winter

By Laura Sharman | 24 November 2020

Some councils will face the 'difficult choice' of leaving people to sleep rough or placing them i...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Portsmouth no longer taking in asylum seeking children

By Martin Ford | 23 November 2020

The council is providing support to three times its quota of children.

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Stretched councils rumbled over identical financial returns

By Dan Peters | 23 November 2020

Councils have been reminded to regularly update their monthly financial returns to Whitehall afte...

BUSINESS

Auditors probe gagging orders

By Dan Peters | 23 November 2020

Auditors have delayed signing off Thanet DC’s 2019/20 accounts while they investigate the council...

FINANCE

Early days for motion

23 November 2020

It was a heartfelt message of thanks to local authorities that went out from Green Party MP Carol...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Surge support required for local test and trace

By Martin Ford | 23 November 2020

Council-run test and trace systems cannot entirely replace the national system, the Local Governm...

HEALTH

NHS lays out plan for working with councils on mass vaccination

By Ann McGauran | 23 November 2020

The NHS has started to detail its mass vaccination strategy, outlining how it expects to work wit...

DEVOLUTION

Devo is a 'stepping stone to localism', PM tells Scots Tories

By Heather Jameson | 23 November 2020

Devolution should be a stepping stone to passing power down to local communities and businesses, ...

FINANCE

Sunak to re-write Green Book to level up the North

By Heather Jameson | 23 November 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce plans to re-write the Green Book in the spending r...

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Head of Housing and Communities / Pennaeth Tai a Chymunedau

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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