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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 ...
FINANCE
Central Government is missing the bigger picture
By Heather Jameson | 19 February 2019
As manufacturers withdraw from the UK, local government’s task of building the economy and boosti...
Chief Executive
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Chief Executive
£188,576 - £201,902 (pay award pending)
Join us for a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK’s newest and most ambitious councils Apply for this job
Finance Development Accountant
Band I (£55,609 to £59,025)
Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
LGR Programme Director
Up to £120k
This is a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government in Worcestershire. Apply for this job
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