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HEALTH

NHS and council bosses in joint funding call

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 September 2015

Health and adult social care bosses have joined forces to call for ‘adequate and sustained’ funding.

FINANCE

Time to pay your way

By Ray James | 10 September 2015

Commissioners need funds to pay long-suffering care workers properly, says Ray James.

WHITEHALL

More support to help authorities apply Care Act

By Mark Whitehead | 18 August 2015

Support for councils to implement the Care Act will be reviewed after a sharp increase in those s...

FINANCE

Sutcliffe: Care system under stress and strain

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 August 2015

Social care chief Andrea Sutcliffe has warned public sector spending cuts and a lack of leadershi...

HEALTH

NAO survey highlights council Care Act concerns

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2015

Local authorities are being put under increased financial risk by Whitehall uncertainty over how ...

WHITEHALL

There's no quick fix

By Ray James | 22 July 2015

The growing gap in social care funding has led to a crisis of confidence from directors of adult ...

HEALTH

Calls for Better Care Fund certainty

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Calls have been made to expand the size and scope of the Better Care Fund (BCF) as uncertainty th...

HEALTH

LGA 2015: Integration alone will not deliver savings

By Dan Peters | 02 July 2015

Council chiefs are 'deluded' if they think integration alone will meet the scale of the financial...

HEALTH

Whitehall 'clueless' over Manchester care plans

By Dan Peters | 01 July 2015

Labour has accused the Government of being ‘clueless’ over plans to devolve health and social car...

HEALTH

Pickup sets sights on fair funding

By MJ reporter | 24 June 2015

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) new deputy chief executive, Sarah Pickup, has called for...

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Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

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