The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace) is a representative body for senior strategic managers working in the public sector in the United Kingdom.
Legally ''The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace Group) Ltd.'' (formally The Solace Foundation) is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 16 August 2000.
Jo Miller, Chief Executive of
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, based at the Doncaster Civic Office in Waterdale, central Doncaster. It is one of four local authories in South ...
is the 2017 president of the organisation. Mark Rogers, the chief executive of
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham City Council is the local government body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham in England, which has been a metropolitan district since 1974. It is the most populated local council area in the United Kingdom ...
was the previous president.
It welcomed
George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born Gideon Oliver Osborne; 23 May 1971) is a former British politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the ...
's introduction of the
living wage
A living wage is defined as the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs. This is not the same as a subsistence wage, which refers to a biological minimum, or a solidarity wage, which refers to a minimum wage tracking lab ...
in July 2015 pointing out that it was pioneered by local councils.
In December 2015 it produced proposals to allow local councils to intervene on housing issues at a local level.
References
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Charities based in England
Organisations based in Wakefield
Local government in the United Kingdom