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DEVOLUTION
Will devo be lost in translation?
By Kathy O’Leary | 19 February 2020
What next for districts and devolution, asks Kathy O'Leary. Are there lessons we can learn from J...
FINANCE
A Budget isn't what's needed
By Rob Whiteman | 19 February 2020
By nature a Budget is short-term, says Rob Whiteman. He argues that while more funding is always ...
FINANCE
We are £1 better off compared to 2008
By Michael Burton | 19 February 2020
After more than a decade, average pay has risen above its pre-election levels. Michael Burton ask...
WHITEHALL
Cabinet shuffle spells balance, not bonanza
19 February 2020
Last week's reshuffle may have left Robert Jenrick as communities secretary, but Rishi Sunak's ro...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
The vitally important triangle
By Donna Hall | 19 February 2020
Donna Hall says the main role of the council chief executive is ‘always triangulation, every sin...
ENVIRONMENT
Failure to act on tackling air pollution would be deadly
By Andrew Carter | 19 February 2020
With more than one in 19 deaths in UK cities and large towns caused by toxic air, the UK Governme...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Demand led, resource constrained: SEND is broken
By Ian Thomas | 17 February 2020
Outraged at the Government's call for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities financial recove...
WHITEHALL
This year's model
By Jonathan Werran | 17 February 2020
As the tenth Conservative housing minister in a decade assumes the position, Localis chief execut...
BUSINESS
Climate Challenge - how is the public sector measuring up?
By Jason Longhurst | 14 February 2020
Jason Longhurst asks if the local government sector is genuinely leading on and investing in the ...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Be more than just good at your job
12 February 2020
Nicola McCoy Brown says that while she hadn’t reached her third decade of work ‘without knowing t...
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Competitive Salary
If you share that attitude and have the skills and experience to deliver, you could be our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
Armed Forces Commissioner
£170,000 per annum
Premium jobThis is a unique opportunity to serve as the independent champion for Service personnel Apply for this job
Strategic Leads
£87,249 to £95,382
Premium jobAs a Strategic Lead, you will play a central role in the next phase of this journey. We are seeking an ambitious and inspiring leaders Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- The route out of EFS
- Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
- Calls for all councils to develop unique place-based growth plans
- Social care vacancies at decade low but recruitment growth slows
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