FINANCE

'Long-term national solution' still needed to solve social care crisis

By Dan Peters | 15 December 2016

The sector and experts have argued that the announcement that an extra £900m will be made availab...

FINANCE

A bumpy ride for the sector

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016

From Bowie to Brexit and bed-blocking, 2016 has been a rollercoaster year. Heather Jameson skips ...

FINANCE

Goodbye 2016 and hello to another turbulent year

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016

Heather Jameson looks back on one difficult year for local government and forward to another.

HEALTH

'Whitehall's failure to end trusts' charity claims wastes cash and harms health'

By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016

Ministers’ failure to end a long-running legal dispute between NHS trusts and councils is wasting...

WHITEHALL

Councils upbeat about defeating trusts' demands for rates relief

By Sam Clayden | 06 December 2016

Councils are quietly confident of defeating NHS trusts’ claim for mandatory business rates relief...

FINANCE

100% rates retention branded 'irrelevant'

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016

Returning business rates to the sector is ‘irrelevant,’ two members of the Layfield Commission on...

WHITEHALL

DCLG rates rethink leaves LEPs in limbo

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016

The Government could row back from plans to give business members on local enterprise partnership...

FINANCE

Future Forum North: 'Devolution deals may not be for whole country'

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2016

Local Government Association chief executive Mark Lloyd has publicly accepted for the first time ...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: Call to 'grab attendance allowance'

02 December 2016

Several chief executives have called on local government to seize powers over attendance allowanc...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: 'Absolute prize' is fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2016

Liverpool City Council’s chief executive Ged Fitzgerald has urged his colleagues to remember the ...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Service – Social Care

G15 £63,148 - £67,058 per annum

There is an exciting opportunity within Children Social Care to join the senior management team Apply for this job

Wrexham County Borough Council

Head of Service Social Work & Specialist Support

Grade M scp 60 £72,118 - scp 64 £77,293

There couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us. Apply for this job

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Chief Executive Officer - Housing Delivery Shared Service

£123,983 - £138,786 per annum (37 hours per week)

Premium jobBlackpool is Changing for the Better, Can You Lead Delivery of the Next Chapter? Apply for this job

Blackpool Coastal Housing