Title
FINANCE
Council investigates exit payments
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2023
Exit payments made to former Northumberland Council staff may have been unlawful, members have be...
FINANCE
Authorities react to Best Value notices
By Martin Ford | 26 January 2023
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and Middlesbrough Council have received Best V...
FINANCE
FRC to develop local audit workforce strategy
By Dan Peters | 25 January 2023
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to develop a local audit workforce strategy this year as...
SOLACE
Filling in the failure gap
By Heather Jameson | 25 January 2023
Max Caller has been investigating council failures since the 1990s. Heather Jameson talks to him ...
FINANCE
Councils should help residents do more for themselves, auditor urges
By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023
Local authorities in Wales should develop community resilience initiatives to help residents do m...
WHITEHALL
PSAA floats auditor of last resort idea
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2023
Introducing an auditor of last resort should be ‘seriously explored,’ the organisation responsibl...
FINANCE
New chief 'critical' to recovery
By Martin Ford | 22 December 2022
Sandwell MBC’s incoming chief executive will be crucial to the authority’s improvement, its audit...
AUDIT
Watchdog raises safeguarding concerns at Powys
By Martin Ford | 20 December 2022
A watchdog has taken Powys CC to task over the lack of ‘control’ of its safeguarding arrangements.
LEGISLATION
Councils named and shamed by Housing Ombudsman
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2022
Some 19 councils have been named for being among the landlords with the highest proportion of hou...
BUSINESS
Croydon pushes ahead with payout clawback plans
By Dan Peters | 12 December 2022
Croydon LBC is pushing ahead with plans to clawback hundreds of thousands of pounds paid out to e...
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Chief Quality Officer
£150,892 plus car allowance (£8,153-£10,192)
At Alternative Futures Group, we believe quality is not measured by processes alone. It is measured by the difference we make to people's lives. Apply for this job
Executive Director Adult Social Care and Health (DASS)
£161,239 - £177,363 plus benefits
This is not a maintenance role. It is a transformation leadership opportunity: to bring services and cultures together. Apply for this job
Assistant Director of Legal and Governance (Deputy Monitoring Officer)
£91,639 to £99,427
We are seeking someone with a strong grounding in local government law and governance, or experience gained in a similar environment. Apply for this job
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