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ADULT SOCIAL CARE

What next for the social care market?

By Martin Samuels | 16 June 2021

Martin Samuels sets out five principles we can draw on in creating a sustainable market in social...

BUSINESS

EXCLUSIVE: Councils urged to 'sharpen commercial edge'

By Paul Marinko | 15 June 2021

A new report has argued that allowing councils to sharpen their commercial edge will ‘unlock imme...

WHITEHALL

Heseltine: Metro mayors should make more trouble for Boris

By Michael Burton | 14 June 2021

Metro mayors should ‘make more trouble for the Prime Minister’ to deliver their plans, former dep...

BUSINESS

Business leaders make planning plea

By Paul Marinko | 14 June 2021

Business leaders have demanded ‘properly resourced and upskilled local planning departments’ so c...

HEALTH

Councils call for procurement freedom

By Martin Ford | 10 June 2021

Removal of red tape during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown what can be done, officers have told t...

LEGAL

A change of direction

By Léonie Cowen | 08 June 2021

Léonie Cowen says there is a better model for the procurement of placements for looked after chil...

FINANCE

Early payment systems provide expanded social value

By Ben Jackson | 04 June 2021

Early payments will be an essential building block as we exit lockdown, and local government has ...

WHITEHALL

Hillier in financial sustainability transparency warning

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2021

The chair of an influential government spending watchdog has warned of a lack of transparency aro...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Strathclyde in divestment threat

By Dan Peters | 02 June 2021

Scotland’s largest local government pension fund will drop investments in fossil fuel firms that ...

WHITEHALL

Councils in 'mad dash to splash the cash'

By Dan Peters | 01 June 2021

Frustrated councils are racing to spend their additional restrictions grant funding after the Gov...

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Head of Service Social Work & Specialist Support

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Senior Manager Waste and Streetscene - WMF3050e

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Westmorland and Furness Council

frederica-diamanta

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

Director of Housing and Place

Up to £108,924 plus allowances

Dover is a place of rich heritage, natural beauty, and exciting opportunity. Apply for this job

Dover District Council

Senior Manager Waste and Streetscene - WMF3050e

£63,830 - £66,642

Westmorland and Furness Council is seeking a Senior Manager in our Waste and Streetscene department. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council