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BUSINESS

London council votes to end mass outsourcing by 2026

By Laura Sharman | 20 July 2022

Barnet LBC has voted to end its 10-year outsourcing contract with Capita, bringing services back ...

WHITEHALL

Government urged to scale up levelling up

By Chris Mahony | 18 July 2022

The Government is focusing on the right issues as part of its levelling up agenda but needs to dr...

BUSINESS

Early intervention cuts trigger crisis interventions

By Chris Mahony | 18 July 2022

Councils, young people and families are trapped in a ‘vicious cycle’ due to the halving of invest...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Discovering procurement's untapped gold mine

By Prof Richard Simmons | 13 July 2022

Prof Richard Simmons reports on a major research project, supported by The MJ, which recently exa...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Ministers pile pressure on councils to find homes for Afghan refugees

By Mark Conrad | 12 July 2022

Councils are struggling to find permanent homes for refugees from Afghanistan as ministers pile o...

WHITEHALL

Government extends not-for-profit company's grant

By Dan Peters | 11 July 2022

A not-for-profit company that finds good quality affordable homes in the private rented sector ha...

REORGANISATION

Structural change not a cure-all for children's services

By Martin Ford | 11 July 2022

Structural change alone is not enough to turn around children’s services, a new report has found.

SOCIAL CARE

ADCS conference: Whitehall examining private sector 'profiteering'

By Martin Ford | 08 July 2022

Civil servants are looking at ways of tackling exploitation of the social care sector by private ...

FINANCE

Council records 200 procurement breaches

By Martin Ford | 05 July 2022

‘Urgent’ action is required after Bristol City Council broke procurement rules more than 200 time...

FINANCE

New mayor promises to open Croydon's books

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2022

Croydon LBC’s mayor has promised an ‘opening the books’ exercise after the borough revealed it mu...

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Talent Acquisition Lead (Manger)

Band I SCP 44-47 (£55,609 - £59,025 per annum)

Ready to shape the future of talent acquisition in local government and make a real impact? Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Principal Lawyer - Children and/or Adult Safeguarding

£51,356 - £56,494

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

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Industrial Relations and HR Policy Manager

£54,495 - £57,864

What You’ll Do This is a unique opportunity to step into a strategic role at the heart of industrial relations. As Industrial Relations & HR Polic... Apply for this job

Oxfordshire County Council