Local Government - where to find your job!

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Local Government is an amazingly diverse field. Hundreds of different councils across the whole of the UK control a stunning array of community-directed services. For the jobhunter interested in a career in local government, there is an incredibly wide range of careers to choose from.

But local government itself can take some understanding. Thanks to several decades of change, the types and responsibilities of local councils across the country now vary enormously.

This article is a local government primer. It explains the main types of authorities likely to be offering work to the job seeker, sets out where to find more information on local government careers and offers a basic navigational map around the rest of the monster.co.uk articles on local government.