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WHITEHALL
IFS finds £2bn budget black hole
By Michael Burton | 18 August 2020
Councils face a budget black hole of £2bn this year due to unfunded coronavirus costs, a new stud...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Birmingham improvement model could be used elsewhere
By Dan Peters | 11 August 2020
An improvement model that has helped turn around Birmingham City Council could be rolled out to o...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Doorbell diversion
10 August 2020
Council chief executives can sometimes struggle to illustrate the practical implications of theor...
WHITEHALL
Local government was poorly prepared for pandemic, report finds
By Michael Burton | 03 August 2020
A decade of spending cuts, staff shortages and poor contacts with Whitehall meant local governmen...
WHITEHALL
CIPFA calls for strengthening of council borrowing rules
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2020
Legislation governing the rules on council borrowing should be strengthened, the Chartered Instit...
WHITEHALL
Plan to hand social care to NHS is for 'wrong reasons'
By Heather Jameson | 29 July 2020
Plans to hand social care to the NHS are being mooted for ‘all the wrong reasons,’ local governme...
WHITEHALL
MPs slate ministers over sector funding
By Michael Burton | 23 July 2020
MPs have slated ministers for failing to give local government sufficient funding and urged them ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Deficit puts councils on cliff edge
By Dan Peters | 23 July 2020
Many councils could be pushed over the ‘financial cliff edge’ if the £500m of high-needs deficit ...
HEALTH
It takes two
By Ann McGauran | 20 July 2020
A £3bn winter funding boost for the NHS has highlighted a lack of focus on an adult social care s...
FINANCE
CIPFA mulls legal action against council
By Dan Peters | 29 June 2020
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has put aside £500,000 to fund ...
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Director of Law and Governance
up to £140,445 per annum
Leading with integrity. Governing with confidence. Delivering for Islington. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
c.£235,000
In April 2027, West Surrey Council will become one of England's largest new unitary authorities Apply for this job
Business Manager – Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership (KSCP)
£54,703 - £60,044
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
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