Title
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Pushing for equality
By Donna Hall | 04 April 2018
Wigan MBC’s chief executive, Donna Hall, discusses her council’s positive gender pay gap.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Our peer challenge experience
By Mike Harden | 03 April 2018
Mike Harden breaks down the key learning from Knowsley MBC's recent peer challenge.
IMPROVEMENT
What constitutes failure?
By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 March 2018
Bringing commissioners into crisis-hit Northamptonshire CC forces us to think about the value we ...
FINANCE
Kober: Politics is a team game. Councils nationally must unite
28 March 2018
Claire Kober calls on local government politicians across the country to come together to argue f...
WELFARE
We need a concerted effort to tackle homelessness
By John O’Brien | 28 March 2018
Enabling councils to build more social housing, welfare policy and reform in the private rented s...
SCRUTINY
Donna Hall: Let's bring back the Audit Commission
By Donna Hall | 28 March 2018
Donna Hall believes Northamptonshire CC’s situation and the changing nature of chief executives’ ...
AUDIT
The Audit Commission needed its wings clipped but abolition was not the answer
By Andy Sawford | 28 March 2018
Northamptonshire CC’s woes have been fuelled by a real-time experiment that failed, writes Andy S...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
The Challenge continues
By Ged Perkins | 28 March 2018
Teams Ambition and Vision gathered together for the second stage of this year’s LG Challenge. Ged...
FINANCE
Northamptonshire is walking a legal tightrope
By Olwen Dutton | 22 March 2018
The struggling county may be able to set a lawful budget, but by not delivering on its statutory ...
FINANCE
Are funding reforms doomed before they start?
By Heather Jameson | 20 March 2018
There is a cacophony of voices calling for local government finance reform. Heather Jameson sugge...
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Infrastructure Manager – Highways
£71,335 - £75,113
Northumberland is a place of scale, ambition and opportunity. Apply for this job
Service Director – Adult Social Care
£106,769 to £114,229
We’re seeking an inspiring, strategic leader... Apply for this job
Assistant Director – Law, Governance and HR (Monitoring Officer)
Up to £78,510 p.a. (pay award pending)
Lead governance, integrity and legal excellence in Rushcliffe. Apply for this job
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth
- EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
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