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FINANCE
Building local government's next generation of finance chiefs
By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2025
The Society of County Treasurers is launching a programme to help finance professionals leap ahead to become excellent organisational leaders. Ann McGauran reports.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Fresh finance officer warning
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
The recruitment crisis for under-pressure section 151 officers is destined to get worse, a local ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025
Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost me...
PROCUREMENT
Care businesses in three regions 'extract' more than £250m in profits
By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2025
Private companies providing care services have taken more than £250m in profits in just three reg...
SEND
SEND spend warning
By Dan Peters | 11 November 2025
The Government will struggle to address the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities ...
WALES
Welsh councils 'very close' to issuing s114 notices
By Paul Marinko | 11 November 2025
Wales’ outgoing auditor general has reportedly said some of the country’s councils are ‘very clos...
FINANCE
Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending
By Joe Lepper | 10 November 2025
Worcestershire CC has been handed a statutory financial warning by auditors concerned its spendin...
PREVENTION
The true value of prevention
By Zachary Scott | 10 November 2025
A project that makes investment in prevention visible in financial terms shows that clarity on wh...
REORGANISATION
Hampshire's four-unitary model will deliver nearly £50m in annual savings
By Gill Kneller | 10 November 2025
A four-unitary model for Hampshire and that will accelerate housing delivery, tackle homelessness...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
Temporary accommodation funding freeze costs districts £268m a year
By Dan Peters | 10 November 2025
A funding freeze on Government support for temporary accommodation is draining English district c...
REORGANISATION
LGR: Scrutinising Surrey and beyond
By Rebecca Gilbert | 07 November 2025
Tiffany Cloynes and Rebecca Gilbert offer an update on local government reorganisation in Surrey ...
Finance Business Partner
£59,961 - £65,471 per annum (£65,472 - £73,442 Gateway Range)
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- Prevention and innovation: Securing adult social care's future
- Failures continue at Grenfell council, peers find
- Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending
- EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
- Government proposes tougher sanctions in standards reform
Finance Business Partner
£59,961 - £65,471 per annum (£65,472 - £73,442 Gateway Range)
In this role, you’ll provide expert financial support and strategic insight across Children’s Services and Corporate functions Apply for this job
Finance Business Partner - Capital
£59,961 - £65,471 per annum (£65,472 - £73,442 Gateway Range)
As part of our finance leadership team, you’ll lead on all aspects of capital finance, supporting major investment projects Apply for this job
Social Care Team Manager
Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£55,609 - £59,027) per annum
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Social Care Team Manager Apply for this job
- Prevention and innovation: Securing adult social care's future
- Failures continue at Grenfell council, peers find
- Worcestershire warned over special educational needs spending
- EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
- Government proposes tougher sanctions in standards reform
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