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FINANCE
Raft of cuts after first Section 114 in almost 20 years
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2018
The stark reality of the financial cliff-edge facing Northamptonshire CC has this week been revea...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Who is best placed to lead the integration of public services?
By John Copps | 13 February 2018
Integration is the mot du jour in public services. But with so many initiatives to bring services...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Recruitment and retention: Who will be left to care in the future?
By Mark Conrad | 13 February 2018
Auditors, academics, practitioners and unions are pointing to the recruitment and retention issue...
FINANCE
The case for investment in adult social care
By Alex Khaldi | 13 February 2018
While council revenues constrained, Alex Khaldi urges the sector to make use of capital expenditu...
FINANCE
Service provision is healthy but not sustainable, warns report
By Hiba Mahamadi | 12 February 2018
Scottish councils will find it difficult to provide services at their current level, new data pub...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Councils 'close to collapse' despite extra cash offer
By Mark Conrad | 08 February 2018
Councils remain ‘perilously close’ to financial collapse despite an additional £166m to support s...
FINANCE
The MJ/LGiU finance survey: The balancing act continues
By Dan Peters | 06 February 2018
Children's services has emerged as the new biggest risk facing the sector, overtaking adult socia...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Fund the biggest pressures nationally and the rest through a progressive local tax
By Paul Wheeler | 06 February 2018
It is time we broke our fixation with Brexit and focused on issues of real concern, writes Paul W...
WHITEHALL
Javid finds extra £166m in final settlement
By Mark Conrad | 06 February 2018
Local government secretary Sajid Javid has found an additional £166m to ease spending pressures i...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Business rates cannot fund public health, committee told
By Hiba Mahamadi | 06 February 2018
It doesn’t make sense to ease councils’ funding pressures using business rates alone because the ...
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Chief Executive
£205,749 to £224,986
Premium jobNorth Yorkshire Council is seeking an exceptional leader to become our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
£competitive
We are looking for an exceptional senior leader with a strong record of leading change Apply for this job
Assistant Director Finance & Governance and Deputy Section 151 Officer
up to £121,526 + a monthly car allowance of £200 per month + fringe allowance of £753 per annum
You will lead a broad and influential portfolio including finance, revenues and benefits, procurement, audit, risk, insurance and corporate fraud. Apply for this job
- More grief ahead as reorganisation is plunged into chaos
- The local government reorganisation reset changes the recruitment brief
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
- West Surrey Council set to announce chief executive
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
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