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New finance chief appointed by Northamptonshire

By Martin Ford | 12 October 2018

Northamptonshire CC has appointed Ian Duncan as executive director of finance and section 151 off...

Bed blocking focus causing 'unintended consequences'

By Martin Ford | 11 October 2018

Focus must be switched from reducing delays in transfers of care to ensuring community care is fu...

Watchdog calls for NHS and care funds to be pooled

By Martin Ford | 11 October 2018

Increased social care funding is the only way to relieve pressure on hospitals, local government ...

Burns leaves Scotland for Northern Ireland

By Martin Ford | 10 October 2018

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council has appointed a new chief executive.

Reform outsourcing to restore confidence, think-tank urges

By Martin Ford | 10 October 2018

Councils are looking at new ways of providing services as outsourcing slumps, a think-tank has fo...

New adult social services chief for West Sussex

By Martin Ford | 10 October 2018

A round-up of the latest personnel moves in the local government sector.

IPPR backs radical tax reforms

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2018

Replacing council tax with a new property tax could help tackle wealth inequality, a new report h...

North Yorkshire warns of social care's 'existential crisis'

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2018

North Yorkshire CC has backed calls for a social care premium to resolve the ‘existential crisis’...

English councils undergoing harshest spending cuts

By Martin Ford | 09 October 2018

English councils have been hit twice as hard by spending cuts compared to their Scottish and Wels...

Councils' concern over Universal Support withdrawal

By Martin Ford | 08 October 2018

Councils have reacted with dismay after the Government handed support for the Universal Credit (U...