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FINANCE

Looming elections raise doubts over use of social care precept

By James Evison | 09 January 2017

A half-a-billion pound ‘black hole’ in adult social care budgets could be created because of loom...

HEALTH

EXCLUSIVE: Health initiatives 'sideswiping' integration efforts

By Sam Clayden | 15 December 2016

The long line of new NHS and government initiatives with ever-changing priorities keeps knocking ...

FINANCE

'Long-term national solution' still needed to solve social care crisis

By Dan Peters | 15 December 2016

The sector and experts have argued that the announcement that an extra £900m will be made availab...

FINANCE

Goodbye 2016 and hello to another turbulent year

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016

Heather Jameson looks back on one difficult year for local government and forward to another.

HEALTH

Ministers have no choice but to grasp the care nettle

By Michael Burton | 13 December 2016

Michael Burton urges ministers to raise social care cash nationally. After all, the public is up ...

FINANCE

Care fears ahead of finance settlement

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016

Chief executives have warned ministers against using council tax to fund social care, as a survey...

WHITEHALL

Sector hits back at PM

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016

Town hall leaders have hit back at government claims that councils may be partly responsible for ...

FINANCE

Social care precept 'deeply flawed' policy

By Sam Clayden | 12 December 2016

Patching the social care funding gap with short-term fixes will cause the sector to lurch from on...

HEALTH

Failure to fund social care is a 'moral issue and false economy'

By Sam Clayden | 08 December 2016

Ministers have been urged to turn back £5.5bn of real terms cuts after fresh NHS figures revealed...

FINANCE

STP could 'intensify' council funding pressures

By Sam Clayden | 08 December 2016

Measures to cut hospital admissions in Birmingham and Solihull could shunt costs from the NHS ont...

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Area Principal Educational Psychologist

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We are looking for an experienced Educational Psychologist with good interpersonal and communication skills who is ready to step up into a Senior Educ Apply for this job

Durham County Council

Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer

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Director of Children and Young People’s Services

£171,760

Are you ready to lead one of the UK’s most ambitious and high-performing children’s services? Apply for this job

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