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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Time for reflection on council failures
By Graeme McDonald | 17 July 2023
We should all recognise the need to improve standards in public life more broadly, not least as l...
WHITEHALL
More councils highlight financial threats
By Paul Marinko | 14 July 2023
A string of councils have revealed the growing financial perils they are facing.
FINANCE
Southampton at risk of section 114
By Paul Marinko | 12 July 2023
Southampton City Council has been warned it risks having to issue a section 114 notice this finan...
LEGISLATION
Time is running out and the Government to-do list grows
By Heather Jameson | 11 July 2023
With just a week left until recess - and an election looming - there is still a lot on the Govern...
FINANCE
Warning audit crisis could get worse
By Martin Ford | 11 July 2023
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee chair Clive Betts spoke to The MJ as it carries o...
FINANCE
Councils left in lurch over housing benefit assurance
By Dan Peters | 10 July 2023
Scores of councils have been left in the lurch after failing to find an auditor to carry out thei...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Minister: Oflog won't spot every council failure
By Dan Peters | 04 July 2023
In his speech to the Local Government Association conference this week, levelling up secretary Mi...
WHITEHALL
Level measures
By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2023
Localis’s research into the potential for public service integration to underpin the delivery of ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Complaints: heed the warnings
By Richard Blakeway | 04 July 2023
Housing ombudsman and Local Government Association conference speaker Richard Blakeway offers key...
FINANCE
Nottingham's finance controls 'not fit for purpose'
By Martin Ford | 28 June 2023
An external review uncovered a ‘weak control environment,’ ‘ineffective systems’ and a 'culture w...
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
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Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
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- Council workers offered 3.3% pay rise in 'full and final' deal
- Bringing skills from the private sector into a council isn't simply a career shift
- Essex threatens legal action over reorganisation
- The overnight visitor levy could be a gamechanger for growing tourism in London
- Final reorganisation decisions for four priority areas announced
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
Assistant Director People Commissioning
£99,433 to £112,411
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
Strategic Director Environment
£159,862 to £167,495
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
- Council workers offered 3.3% pay rise in 'full and final' deal
- Bringing skills from the private sector into a council isn't simply a career shift
- Essex threatens legal action over reorganisation
- The overnight visitor levy could be a gamechanger for growing tourism in London
- Final reorganisation decisions for four priority areas announced
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