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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

MPs criticise council chiefs for 'stonewalling' select committee

By Martin Ford | 08 May 2019

The chief executives of two councils have been accused of showing a ‘lack of leadership’ for not ...

FINANCE

Back to austerity as cuts bite

By Dan Peters | 08 May 2019

Spending cuts almost as extreme as those back in 2011/12 may need to be made in 2020/21 due to cu...

WHITEHALL

Call for councils to 'embrace' scrutiny

By Heather Jameson | 08 May 2019

The Government called on councils and combined authorities to ‘embrace’ scrutiny as it issued new...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Sunak to rule on default tier split

By Hiba Mahamadi | 08 May 2019

Ministers been asked to set out a ‘national default position’ on the distribution of business rat...

DEVOLUTION

The true threat emerges

08 May 2019

In rural shire England, away from the big cities, an endangered and threatened species exists.

EUROPEAN UNION

White Van Man on... Brexit

08 May 2019

The last few weeks have been like a breath of fresh air and for a while I couldn’t think why. The...

ELECTIONS

Voters give animal magic

08 May 2019

For all its ills, social media has brought us some thoroughly modern new traditions, among the mo...

REORGANISATION

Two become none

08 May 2019

Diary’s keen eye has spotted a trivial but telling error in an email from the Government to counc...

BUSINESS

MPs: Government not willing to innovate on high streets problem

By Hiba Mahamadi | 07 May 2019

The Government is not willing to make the changes necessary to help businesses revitalise high st...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

NAO: Government must do more to ensure LEP value for money

By Hiba Mahamadi | 07 May 2019

The Government has been reprimanded for not doing enough to ensure billions of pounds given to lo...

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Commercial Governance and Corporate Energy Lead

Grade 12 £61,056 - £64,927 (Bar at £63,619) per annum pro rata

Commercial Governance and Corporate Energy is a recently formed team. Apply for this job

Manchester City Council

Strategic Director, Corporate Services

£159,862 - £167,495 per annum

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC

Programme Manager - WMF2246e

£56,883 - £59,198

The Capital Programme team is responsible for the core delivery of the Council’s c. £80-100m/year Capital Programme Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

frederica-diamanta

Commercial Governance and Corporate Energy Lead

Grade 12 £61,056 - £64,927 (Bar at £63,619) per annum pro rata

Commercial Governance and Corporate Energy is a recently formed team. Apply for this job

Manchester City Council

Strategic Director, Corporate Services

£159,862 - £167,495 per annum

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC

Programme Manager - WMF2246e

£56,883 - £59,198

The Capital Programme team is responsible for the core delivery of the Council’s c. £80-100m/year Capital Programme Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council