Birmingham boss Stephen Hughes has moved to reassure residents over the future of the council’s Big City Plan after the lead officer, Philip Singleton, announced he was leaving just a month after his director.
Mr Hughes, who has also been heading up the planning and regeneration directorate since Clive Dutton left a month ago said assistant director Waheed Nazir had the right skills set for the wider role.
Skills Pipelines: What local government needs to know
Councils and mayors are to be handed a central role in developing skills pipelines for local industries, as the Government unveils what it calls a ‘fundamental change’ to the education system aimed at tackling youth unemployment. Here's what council leaders and officers need to know.
