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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Getting councillors to play the game

By Nicola Bulbeck | 22 September 2015

Nicola Bulbeck explains how her democratic services team has livened up councillor training with ...

FINANCE

Give councils power to raise taxes to sort out fiscal woes

22 September 2015

Ever since 2010, local government has feared the worst – financial Armageddon. Between graphs of ...

WHITEHALL

Councils are the heart of the refugee crisis

By Cllr Gary Porter | 22 September 2015

As the refugee crisis unfolds Cllr Gary Porter says councils are here to help - and their hard wo...

FINANCE

The case of the diminishing state

By David Walker | 22 September 2015

David Walker explains that although public services may be shrinking, they must get smarter

FINANCE

Has the country had enough of Osborne's austerity?

By Michael Burton | 16 September 2015

Last week, former Cabinet secretary Lord Turnbull claimed austerity was a 'smokescreen' for a sma...

WHITEHALL

It's wrong to buy - so think again

By Rob Whiteman | 16 September 2015

In announcing its plans to extend Right to Buy, the Government has managed to unite everyone from...

PUBLIC HEALTH

People are much better than we think they are

By Ben Page | 16 September 2015

Putting aside the increasingly wacky world of Westminster, here’s some good news to think about i...

FINANCE

Rent reductions could hinder house building

By Sandra Dinneen | 16 September 2015

As autumn starts to bite, the July Budget announcement seems like a distant memory but the realit...

FINANCE

Is collaboration right for times of austerity?

By Paul O'Brien | 16 September 2015

Collaboration, often translated as partnership working has, in recent years, become one of the co...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Get on your marks for major change

By Bob Neill | 16 September 2015

Bob Neill MP is excited about how devolution is shaping up but argues that local authorities have...

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Service Director – Skills and Regeneration

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Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Service Director – Commissioning, Quality and Health Partnerships (Children’s)

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Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

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Senior Lawyer (Regeneration)

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frederica-diamanta

Service Director – Skills and Regeneration

up to £114,023

Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Service Director – Commissioning, Quality and Health Partnerships (Children’s)

up to £114,023

Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Senior Lawyer (Regeneration)

£55,181 - £58,269 / year

No two days in Torbay are ever the same! Apply for this job

Torbay Council