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Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Leeds has had a council since 1626, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 it has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority local government services in the city.
Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
- Interim Chief Executive - Mariana Pexton
- Director of Communities, Housing and Environment - James Rogers
- Director of Children and Families - Julie Longworth
- Director of Adults and Health - Caroline Baria
- Director of City Development (Interim) - Angela Barnicle
- Officers with Statutory Roles
- Register of Officers Declaration of Interests
Mariana has been the Interim Chief Executive at Leeds City Council since September 2024. She was previously Director of Strategy and Resources at the authority, leading a large directorate that included Finance, Human Resources, Digital, Legal and Governance, Shared Services, Strategy and Performance, Communications and Marketing, and crucially a s...
James is responsible for the delivery of a range of locality and community based services including: housing services and homelessness; community hubs and libraries; financial inclusion; welfare and benefits; waste disposal, recycling and refuse collection services; street cleaning and environmental enforcement; environmental health including infec...
Julie is responsible for all children and family services in Leeds including the initiative to make Leeds a Child Friendly City. These services include: school admissions, support to schools and governors, school improvement, support to vulnerable learners, early help and children’s centres, Children’s Social Work Services including fostering, adop...
Caroline is responsible for all adult social care services requiring the assessment for, and arrangement of, services to meet the personal social care needs of those who may be physically or learning disabled, have mental health needs or may be frail through old age. This includes provision of information, social work, safeguarding, support to volu...
Angela is responsible for the inclusive economic growth of the city including planning, regeneration work and jobs and skills. She is also responsible for asset management of the council's land and property estate, highways including maintenance, Leeds Museums and Galleries, Active Leeds centres, markets, and cultural events. The Chief Planning Off...
There are also a number of officers who hold statutory roles in the council and work closely with the Corporate Leadership Team.
The council holds a register of over 1,000 employees’ declarations of interests where the post held is deemed as high risk, based on the level of decision making or the influence they may have on decision making. Access to information from this register is only available through Freedom of Information requests, subject to the terms and exemptions u...
4 days ago · BBC News. 29 October 2024. A former senior civil servant is set to be appointed as the new chief executive of Leeds City Council. Ed Whiting, who has held roles at HM Treasury and 10 Downing ...
Sep 11, 2024 · Leeds City Council has confirmed the appointment of Mariana Pexton as interim chief executive in a unanimous vote of its full council. Mariana, the council’s director of strategy and...
Information about Leeds City Councillors, Council Committee meetings, and decisions made by officers.
4 days ago · Leeds City Council has today announced Ed Whiting OBE is set to be appointed as its new permanent chief executive. Following an extensive recruitment process which ended last week, full council will be asked to formally approve the recommendation of its employment committee to appoint Ed into the role when it meets at Civic Hall on Wednesday 13 November.
