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FINANCE

Council tax set to rise 14%

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016

Council tax will rise by 14% in real terms by 2020/21, official forecasts have suggested.

WHITEHALL

Bill 'could cause recruitment crisis'

By Laura Sharman | 21 March 2016

The Housing Bill could cause a recruitment crisis in the care sector as many social housing tenan...

HEALTH

'Plan ahead for integrated place-based care'

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 March 2016

A local government think-tank has called on councils and health trusts to plan ahead to help deve...

FINANCE

Digital technologies could help councils save £14.7bn a year

By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2016

Councils could save £14.7bn a year if they made use of new digital technologies such as apps and ...

HEALTH

Push our commission to the top of the agenda

By Janet Morrison | 14 March 2016

Council chief executives are the last people who need warning about the unfolding crisis in healt...

WHITEHALL

Councils sign up to social care precept

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 March 2016

Most local authorities in England have taken advantage of the Government’s new social care precep...

WHITEHALL

Adult social care pleas after record bed blocking figures

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2016

Unprecedented pressures on adult social care have been blamed for record bed blocking figures rel...

FINANCE

Time to end the two solitudes of health and local government

By Michael Burton | 10 March 2016

Michael Burton says health professionals and policymakers are still not considering local governm...

FINANCE

Getting to the Hert of health care

By Iain MacBeath | 08 March 2016

Iain MacBeath explains Hertfordshire’s innovative collaboration with the NHS and how the Better C...

SOCIAL CARE

The Bucks starts here

By Cllr Martin Phillips | 08 March 2016

Buckinghamshire CC has been praised for leading a project which allows lone parents to seek emplo...

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Senior Lawyer - Contracts & Commercial - WMF2232e

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Westmorland and Furness Council

Head of Commercial Services

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Wyre Forest District Council

Strategic Director Housing, Environment and Healthy Communities

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Gateshead Council

frederica-diamanta

Senior Lawyer - Contracts & Commercial - WMF2232e

£56,883 - £59,198

Senior Lawyer - Contracts & Commercial - WMF2232e Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Head of Commercial Services

£74,634

This new role presents the ideal opportunity for you to invest your commercial expertise in a role where it matters more. Apply for this job

Wyre Forest District Council

Strategic Director Housing, Environment and Healthy Communities

Up to £138,523 p.a.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an innovative and forward-thinking leader. Apply for this job

Gateshead Council