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PAY
Council delays four-day week decision
By Martin Ford | 21 February 2024
South Cambridgeshire DC’s decision on whether to permanently adopt a four-day week has been put o...
FINANCE
Revised Best Value notices for two authorities
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2024
Two authorities have been issued with revised Best Value notices by ministers after it was found ...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Four day week clampdown a 'slippery slope'
By Martin Ford | 23 January 2024
A senior local government figure has struck back at Government efforts to curb the adoption of a ...
FINANCE
Peer review hears 'concerns' over four-day week
By Martin Ford | 14 December 2023
Peers have found ‘concerns’ over the introduction of the four-day working week at South Cambridge...
ELECTIONS
The trouble with Oflog
23 October 2023
Council senior officers are broadly united in their view that Oflog will not provide warning of l...
FINANCE
What can councils expect from intervention?
By Jessica Crowe | 09 October 2023
With a unique perspective on intervention, Jess Crowe offers up some advice for councils faced wi...
FINANCE
Bumpy ride for Brum
By Mark Conrad | 27 September 2023
Mark Conrad looks at what form intervention at Birmingham City Council is likely to take.
WHITEHALL
Gove announces five-year Brum intervention
By Mark Conrad | 19 September 2023
Communities secretary Michael Gove today announced a five-year Government intervention at Birming...
SOLACE
The problem with Best Value
By Barry Quirk CBE | 18 September 2023
The Government’s new Best Value draft guidance targets the right issues, but in too many areas it...
FINANCE
Learning the stark lessons from a crisis
By Ann McGauran | 13 September 2023
Slough Council’s sacked chief executive Josie Wragg reflects on ways to predict organisational in...
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£76,999 plus £3,000 car allowance and generous benefits package
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Assistant Director – Law, Governance and HR (Monitoring Officer)
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Lead governance, integrity and legal excellence in Rushcliffe. Apply for this job
Service Director – Adult Social Care
£106,769 to £114,229
We’re seeking an inspiring, strategic leader... Apply for this job
- LGA's first chair Lord Beecham dies
- LGR creates major challenges for the corporate services that many have reduced and pared back for years
- Council threatens legal action over £20m roads funding row
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- When councils get desperate, they start being cultural liquidators
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