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FINANCE
Dutch courage, please
By Michael Burton | 10 December 2014
Michael Burton advocates a Dutch model in which political parties have to offer their fiscal plan...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Beware the local government that bites back
By Heather Jameson | 10 December 2014
Eric Pickles has created a more confident, more politicised local government with the determinati...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Local leadership needed to secure skills for the future
By Mark Boleat | 09 December 2014
The top-down national government approach to skills provision is not working. It is time for loca...
BUSINESS
Councils will look and feel very different in future
By Paul Dossett | 09 December 2014
The narrative of local government austerity is familiar and will necessarily continue to be told,...
BUSINESS
Now is the winter of devolution discontent
By Cllr David Hodge | 08 December 2014
CCN chairman Cllr David Hodge laments last week's Autumn Statement, in which counties were left i...
NEW LOCAL
Tiers for fears
By Sandra Dinneen | 08 December 2014
Perhaps the trick in devolving to two-tier areas is to recognise at what tier different responsib...
BUSINESS
Divided devolution
By Cllr David Finch | 08 December 2014
The Government’s city-centric devolution agenda spells economic oblivion for county areas which a...
DIGITAL
Customers are core in channel shift journey
By Garry Payne | 08 December 2014
Garry Payne explains how Wyre BC is putting customers first through innovative use of technology ...
WELFARE
Politicised pressures of food banks
By Claire Fox | 08 December 2014
Is accepting that food banks are here to stay more depressing than relying on state emergency pro...
FINANCE
Next year's model
By Mark Rogers | 08 December 2014
Birmingham City Council chief executive Mark Rogers gives a trenchantly tongue in cheek look at w...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
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Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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