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FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Avoiding the precipice

By Heather Jameson | 13 March 2019

As councils seek ways to meet the funding gap, Martin Reeves and Rob Whiteman look at the implica...

AUSTERITY

What do we want from our public services?

By Heather Jameson | 13 March 2019

Heather Jameson says the cracks in our communities are starting to show, with knife crime, homele...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Hungry kids and foodbanks could become 'normal'

By Ann McGauran | 06 March 2019

Children arriving at school hungry and families queuing up at foodbanks ‘could become part of the...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

It's time to act on child poverty

By Stuart Gallimore | 06 March 2019

We are one of the richest countries in the world, yet poverty levels are rising. Councils must ac...

SOCIAL CARE

Two-thirds of councils say they have brought in or increased charges for social care

05 March 2019

Two-thirds of councils in England who responded to a freedom of information (FOI) request said th...

WHITEHALL

MHCLG yet to agree no-deal Brexit escalation process for care provider failure

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2019

Marsham Street has still not agreed its ‘escalation process’ in the case of a no-deal Brexit caus...

EUROPEAN UNION

Opportunity knocks for Lambeth

By Heather Jameson | 27 February 2019

Lambeth LBC’s chief executive Andrew Travers says that while the council faces pressures and chal...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Why I am a Brexiteer

By Michael Burton | 27 February 2019

Brexit minister Kwasi Kwarteng was recently guest speaker at a Localis dinner, where he was quizz...

EUROPEAN UNION

It's the extraordinary who carry on in hard times

By Heather Jameson | 27 February 2019

Senior local government staff and members are often extraordinary, but everyone has their limits,...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

How to get back on track

By Rob Whiteman | 20 February 2019

What the chancellor must do in the Spending Review is tell a coherent story; one that allows for ...

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Alternative Provision Specialist Lead

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North East Lincolnshire Council

Executive Director – Community Health, Wellbeing & Prevention (DASS)

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Southampton City Council

Principal Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial

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Do you want to make a difference to local people? Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council