Homelessness pressures 'unsustainable'
HOMELESSNESS

Homelessness pressures 'unsustainable'

By Martin Ford | 23 July 2024

Councils face ‘unsustainable financial pressure’ due to record levels of homelessness, according to a public spending watchdog.

AUDIT

Audit reset requires 'different attitude'

By Martin Ford | 02 July 2024

A ‘whole different attitude’ to local audit is required to rescue the system from crisis, the Pub...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Getting public infrastructure back on track

By Mark Robinson | 18 June 2024

We have reached a critical juncture for public infrastructure, says Mark Robinson. Accelerated pr...

WHITEHALL

Auditors add to council biometric warnings

By Mark Conrad | 20 May 2024

A spending watchdog has echoed councils’ concerns that biometric entry requirements at UK ports c...

FINANCE

Gauging the benefit of productivity plans

By Abdool Kara | 30 April 2024

At the least the new Government requirement for productivity plans will give a platform for autho...

WHITEHALL

NAO warning over childcare reforms

By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024

Just one in 10 councils predict they will meet the deadline to create 85,000 Government-funded ch...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

41st time lucky?

22 April 2024

After four decades of different initiatives which have failed to boost growth, Professor Martin J...

WHITEHALL

Hopes for regen scheme revived after Home Office scales back asylum plan

By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2024

A £300m council-led regeneration scheme threatened when Whitehall commandeered the site for asylu...

FINANCE

Homelessness inquiry launched by NAO

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2024

The National Audit Office (NAO) has launched an inquiry into homelessness as the issue piles pres...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Time for change: An early review for the Code of Audit Practice

By Mike Newbury | 13 February 2024

Change is needed now to resolve the broader problems in the local audit market, and together with...

WHITEHALL

Tackling homelessness

By Paul Marinko | 05 February 2024

Homelessness is piling pressure on squeezed council budgets. The MJ and the National Audit Office...

frederica-diamanta

Director of Strategic Transport and Connectivity

c. £125K

This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented leader to shape the future of transport and connectivity right at the heart of London. Apply for this job

Westminster City Council

Service Manager - Street Scene Services

Grade 11, £54,628 to £59,825

As one of the largest employers in Sheffield, with over 7,000 employees Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Assistant Director Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership

£82,014 to £99,369

We’re looking for a strong leader with experience of delivering integrated health and social care services for people with Learning Disabilities. Apply for this job

Islington London Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of Strategic Transport and Connectivity

c. £125K

This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented leader to shape the future of transport and connectivity right at the heart of London. Apply for this job

Westminster City Council

Service Manager - Street Scene Services

Grade 11, £54,628 to £59,825

As one of the largest employers in Sheffield, with over 7,000 employees Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Assistant Director Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership

£82,014 to £99,369

We’re looking for a strong leader with experience of delivering integrated health and social care services for people with Learning Disabilities. Apply for this job

Islington London Borough Council