FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: IT systems 'not ready for capped care cost reforms'

By Dan Peters | 09 April 2015

Payments under the Care Act could be hit by delays unless councils wake up to the ‘big IT implica...

FINANCE

Forum holds a mirror to grim reality facing chiefs

By Heather Jameson | 31 March 2015

Last week saw The MJ and around 100 or so chief executives and senior directors gather for our an...

WHITEHALL

Warning over electoral roll system problems

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015

Problems with the individual electoral registration verification service could affect the conduct...

FINANCE

Next government 'must tackle the crisis in care'

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015

Council services face a hammering in next year’s spending review if the soaring costs of health a...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Current care inspection regime branded 'flawed'

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2015

Three local government groups have warned the current inspection regime for the care of children ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Chiefs give Pickles outline of greater devolution plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2015

Town hall chiefs from across Essex have outlined their proposals for greater devolution in a lett...

HEALTH

Health costs have doubled over 20 years

By Jonathan Werran | 31 March 2015

Health expenditure has more than doubled in the last two decades, figures have revealed.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Dawn of a new era

By Paul O'Brien | 30 March 2015

There’s a new breed of local government keen to make its mark in Northern Ireland and eager to em...

HUMAN RESOURCES

SOLACE: Government DIP hit 'chaotic and costly'

27 March 2015

Government measures issued this week aimed at making it easier to dismiss council chief executive...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Chiltern and South Bucks chief executive to retire

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 March 2015

The joint chief executive of Chiltern and South Bucks DCs, Alan Goodrum, has announced he will re...

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Service Director of Belonging

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Sheffield is England’s fourth largest city, the birthplace of UK electronica, and the greenest city in the UK. Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Director of Public Health

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The Public Health department is at the heart of the council’s business. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Head of Regeneration and Growth

£68,387 - £74,411 (MFS and relocation available, pay award pending)

This is a unique opportunity to lead our award-winning development team and directly deliver hundreds of millions of pounds of projects. Apply for this job

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