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WHITEHALL

Auditor: DCLG must take charge of devolution agenda

By Dan Peters | 20 May 2015

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) needs to take charge of the devolution...

FINANCE

Transform or fail

By Cllr Andy Hull | 19 May 2015

Andy Hull describes how Islington LBC is reacting to the scale and speed of funding cuts, and wha...

HEALTH

BT council/NHS deal 'failing to deliver'

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 May 2015

BT’s controversial partnership with Cornwall Council and the NHS is failing to deliver and has be...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Compulsion unlikely in sector-led improvement future

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2015

Councils that refuse to engage with sector-led improvement are unlikely to be forced to take part...

FINANCE

Leaving Las Vegas for financial accounts

By Tony Kirkham | 06 May 2015

Just back from Las Vegas – didn’t manage to win any money but did get married in true Vegas style.

BUSINESS

Another Tower Hamlets scandal likely thanks to new measures

By Dan Peters | 28 April 2015

Measures aimed at making it easier to dismiss Section 151 officers could make a Tower Hamlets-sty...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

NAO hits back at critics

14 April 2015

National Audit Office (NAO) executive lead, Sue Higgins, has hit back at claims the organisation ...

FINANCE

Welsh councils face tipping point, warns auditor

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 April 2015

Councils in Wales are facing a ‘tipping point’ and need to improve their financial management, a ...

FINANCE

CIPFA urges bosses to use OBCM rules

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2015

Finance bosses have called on councils and other public sector organisations to use Open Book Con...

FINANCE

The sector 'needs its own OBR'

By Michael Burton | 30 March 2015

Local government needs its own Office for Budget Responsibility to fill the gap left by the Audit...

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Director of Finance and Procurement

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Group Finance Manager - Pensions & Treasury

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer

£79,336 – £86,691 per annum

As Head of Law and Governance you join at a critical time. Apply for this job

Crawley Borough Council

Director of Finance and Procurement

£109,248 - £120,622

Gloucestershire County Council is seeking an exceptional, forward-thinking Director of Finance. Apply for this job

Gloucestershire County Council

Group Finance Manager - Pensions & Treasury

£65,873 - £68,775

This is your opportunity to be part of something impactful, where your skills will help shape the future of public sector pensions. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council