Employers' warning over wage pressures as unions consider offer

Employers' warning over wage pressures as unions consider offer

By Dan Peters | 28 April 2025

Wage pressures are contributing to the local government funding gap of £1.9bn in 2025-26, council...

Badenoch warns against pre-election 'stitch-up' with Reform

By Paul Marinko | 28 April 2025

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has warned the party’s candidates to avoid pre-election ‘stitch...

Housing 'key factor' in rising children's services costs

By Joe Lepper | 25 April 2025

Poor housing has emerged as a ‘key contributing factor’ in councils’ mounting bill for children i...

Trial dates fixed for Liverpool City Council corruption case

By Dan Peters | 25 April 2025

Trial dates have been fixed for two senior officers charged as part of an investigation into Live...

Liverpool backs tourism tax

By Dan Peters | 25 April 2025

A £2 overnight visitor charge will be introduced in Liverpool from next month after hoteliers bac...

frederica-diamanta

Service Manager - Care Services WMF2014e

£63,830 - £66,642

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Westmorland and Furness Council

Highways Capital Delivery Manager

£50,788 - £52,805

To be responsible for the implementation of Welsh Government’s Renewal and Upgrade programme. Apply for this job

South Wales Trunk Road Agent

Chief Innovation and Commercial Officer

£113,434 - £127,225 per annum

Join a values-driven council where people come first — and your potential has no limits. Apply for this job

Cumberland Council

frederica-diamanta

Service Manager - Care Services WMF2014e

£63,830 - £66,642

Would you be interested in a role where you have the opportunity to lead and drive Service improvements Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Highways Capital Delivery Manager

£50,788 - £52,805

To be responsible for the implementation of Welsh Government’s Renewal and Upgrade programme. Apply for this job

South Wales Trunk Road Agent

Chief Innovation and Commercial Officer

£113,434 - £127,225 per annum

Join a values-driven council where people come first — and your potential has no limits. Apply for this job

Cumberland Council

Ann McGauran

Keeping a neighbourly eye on care

'The Government is committed to creating a neighbourhood health service, but some local places have worked on this agenda for years. What are the lessons so far? Ann McGauran reports.'

25 April 2025
Rooting care in place

Rooting care in place

'As directors of adult social services gear up for their Spring Seminar, incoming ADASS president Jess McGregor talks to Ann McGauran about her hopes for the Casey Review and the need to keep health and care integration on track'

By Ann McGauran | 26 April 2025
Now more than ever it's time to invest in Shared Lives

Now more than ever it's time to invest in Shared Lives

By Suzi Clark | 28 April 2025

Suzi Clark says many leaders in adult social care want to grow Shared Lives but it can be difficu...

Health inequalities are not inevitable

By Kelly O'Neill | 11 April 2025

Kelly O’Neill looks at how Hounslow LBC used the NHS England CORE20PLUS5 framework to identify re...

A bird's eye view of rough sleeping

By Becky Rice | 03 April 2025

A new tool brings together data to provide a more sophisticated analysis of both London’s rough s...

As leaders, we must lift our heads up

By By Rob Powell | 27 April 2025

'Whether thinking about reorganisation, working with health partners or responding to national an...

Rooting care in place

By Ann McGauran | 26 April 2025

As directors of adult social services gear up for their Spring Seminar, incoming ADASS president ...

Reforming and transforming

By Heather Jameson | 24 April 2025

As councils rush towards reorganisation, what are the lessons from past redesigns? Heather Jameso...

Councils risk being 'fleeced' over reorg, says former commissioner

By Heather Jameson | 24 April 2025

Councils facing reorganisation face being ‘fleeced’ by consultants keen to profit from the proces...