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CLIMATE CHANGE
Planning for resilience
By Sandy Forsyth | 08 March 2023
Localis’s Sandy Forsyth outlines the case for a national plan to ensure place-based best practice...
IMPROVEMENT
LGA must show teeth as it beefs up peer review
By Heather Jameson | 07 March 2023
The new watchdog Oflog indicates the Government’s belief that it can’t quite trust the Local Gove...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
It will be the service user who risks losing the most from delayed audits
By Rob Whiteman | 07 March 2023
As the NAO report concludes, delays in local audit accounts pose a risk to the Whole of Governmen...
PLANNING
A solid plan for planning
By Sir Bob Neill | 07 March 2023
Sir Bob Neill examines how a consultation on increasing planning fees will set in motion long-las...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Systems need love and money
By Chloe Darlington | 07 March 2023
Love is at the core of a system that cares well for children, but one run on too little money wil...
LEGISLATION
May the 4th be with you
By Peter Stanyon | 07 March 2023
As 4 May looms, councils are heads down in preparation for the implementation of voter ID. But th...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Neglect and the perfect storm
By Jo Porter | 07 March 2023
Assessing the care given to a child against the yardstick of a ‘reasonable parent’ involves consi...
PAY
Why a four-day week works
By Cllr Bridget Smith | 07 March 2023
The early performance data from South Cambridgeshire DC’s trial of a four-day week – the first in...
HEALTH
Key to levelling up health and wealth
By Gwen Nightingale | 07 March 2023
The Health Foundation is funding a £1.6m programme to support combined authorities to make the mo...
PARTNERSHIPS
This moment is bittersweet
By Paul Shevlin | 07 March 2023
In his last District View column for The MJ, Paul Shevlin reflects on what working in local autho...
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- More grief ahead as reorganisation is plunged into chaos
- Rayner orders review of local government reorganisation
- The local government reorganisation reset changes the recruitment brief
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
Chief Executive
£205,749 to £224,986
Premium jobNorth Yorkshire Council is seeking an exceptional leader to become our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
£competitive
We are looking for an exceptional senior leader with a strong record of leading change Apply for this job
Assistant Director Finance & Governance and Deputy Section 151 Officer
up to £121,526 + a monthly car allowance of £200 per month + fringe allowance of £753 per annum
You will lead a broad and influential portfolio including finance, revenues and benefits, procurement, audit, risk, insurance and corporate fraud. Apply for this job
- More grief ahead as reorganisation is plunged into chaos
- Rayner orders review of local government reorganisation
- The local government reorganisation reset changes the recruitment brief
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
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