FINANCE

Councils face stark choices on services

By Chris Tambini | 19 October 2022

President of the Society of County Treasurers Chris Tambini says that if local government is goin...

WHITEHALL

Councils welcome care reform delay reports

By Martin Ford | 19 October 2022

The sector has reacted to reports the Government is to push back social care reforms by at least ...

WHITEHALL

Dilnot calls for £6bn for social care

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2022

The leader of a review into the future of funding social care under the coalition Government has ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

COSLA and unions oppose centralising care plans

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2022

Unions have joined with the body representing Scottish councils to call for a reversal of care ce...

FINANCE

Cost of care driving complaints

By Martin Ford | 11 October 2022

Cost pressures are increasingly being cited in complaints about adult care services, a sector wat...

OFSTED

Devon slapped with improvement notice

By Martin Ford | 05 October 2022

The Government has imposed an improvement notice on Devon CC’s special educational needs and disa...

FINANCE

Care service cash to be eaten up by bureaucracy, COSLA claims

By Mark Conrad | 27 September 2022

Operating costs for Scotland’s new National Care Service will eat up 60% of the cash being inject...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

We are entering unchartered territory

By Jessica Studdert | 23 September 2022

A smaller state is part of the Truss Government's plan, says Jessica Studdert. 'But as we know fr...

PAY

PM must work fast to repair social care

By Caroline Abrahams | 14 September 2022

Caroline Abrahams looks at the social care challenges facing the new Prime Minister, including th...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

We need genuine reform of the system and extra funding

By Chris Tambini | 06 September 2022

President of the Society of County Treasurers Chris Tambini says we are not in a perfect storm, '...

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Director – Housing Services

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Are you ready to lead transformative housing services in one of London’s most ambitious and diverse boroughs? Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

Executive Director – Place, Communities and Enterprise

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Are you ready to lead one of London’s most ambitious place-shaping agendas? Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

Director of Quality, Partnerships and Commissioning (Children and Families)

From £85,883 to £115,826

The role will lead on arrangements for statutory Apply for this job

Cheshire East Council