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AUDIT
Moving forward after failure
By Ed Hammond | 06 March 2024
Ed Hammond considers the governance challenges facing members under section 114 and other models ...
IMPROVEMENT
Brum blame culture still 'largely unaddressed'
By Heather Jameson | 04 December 2023
Birmingham City Council’s problems of governance and accountability are still ‘largely unaddresse...
FINANCE
Curating a good council and government system
By Ed Hammond | 21 November 2023
Ed Hammond says Oflog has the potential to make Government's actions and interventions more predi...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Animosity hampering scrutiny, investigation warns
By Mark Whitehead | 30 October 2023
Animosity between councillors and the mayor of an east London council are hampering proper scruti...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
East Devon chief expected to leave
By Dan Peters | 07 September 2023
The chief executive of East Devon DC is expected to leave ‘imminently’ once a settlement agreemen...
WHITEHALL
Sector to step up anti-mayor lobbying
By Dan Peters | 01 August 2023
The sector is to step up its lobbying for the Government to use its King’s Speech to end its fixa...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Government refuses to commit to statutory officer guidance
25 July 2023
The Government has refused to commit to issuing fresh guidance to strengthen the role of the thre...
DEVOLUTION
Blueprint for a mayor
By Megan Ingle | 14 June 2023
Ed Hammond and Megan Ingle reflect on good mayoral governance and the attributes that make for an...
FINANCE
New audit framework within weeks
By Martin Ford | 16 May 2023
A new framework to bolster local government audit will be brought forward within weeks.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The drumbeat of oversight could be a good thing
By Ed Hammond | 12 April 2023
Ed Hammond examines the emerging accountability framework in local government and says that, rath...
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£148,775 - £159,480
Premium jobThe role sits at the strategic core of the organisation Apply for this job
Director Children’s Social Care (Family Help and Safeguarding)
£104,196 (plus pay award pending)
You’ll join a supportive and ambitious leadership environment, with strong corporate Apply for this job
Assistant Director Housing
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Housing is one of the most high profile and closely scrutinised areas in local government Apply for this job
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