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WHITEHALL

Councils and pressure group clash over tax

By Tom Bridge | 09 August 2016

Campaigners have called for the ‘abolition’ of stamp duty despite pressure from councils for grea...

WHITEHALL

Spend on trading standards falls dramatically

By William Eichler | 08 August 2016

The total trading standards spend in Britain has fallen dramatically, undermining the ability of ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Directors call for ban on fostering golden hellos

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2016

Children’s services directors have called for private agencies to be banned from offering golden ...

WHITEHALL

Cat fight

02 August 2016

News that Whitehall was adding a third cat to its roster set fur flying in local government this ...

WHITEHALL

Tax rules threat to interims

By Heather Jameson | 02 August 2016

Government plans to change the tax rules for public sector interim managers have been attacked as...

FINANCE

Authorities burdened by interim staff rule change

By Heather Jameson | 02 August 2016

Government proposals to overhaul rules on interim staff come straight from the sledgehammer schoo...

FINANCE

Councils' outsourcing deals up 84%

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

The total value of outsourcing contracts signed by councils has soared in the last year, accordin...

HEALTH

Charities' plea for overhaul of social care services

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 August 2016

A coalition of 16 Scottish charities has called for a major overhaul of Scotland’s social care su...

FINANCE

Integration call for peer challenges

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2016

Peer challenge programmes should be extended to help local services integrate, the Institute for ...

WHITEHALL

Poverty adds billions to social care bill, claims foundation

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 August 2016

Tackling poverty in England is costing local authorities more than £12bn a year in additional soc...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Education

£87,117- £93,978

Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Service Managers – Children's Social Care

£61,863 - £67,592

Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Head of Commercial Services

£77,339 - £83,714

Few boroughs have a story quite like Trafford’s. Apply for this job

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