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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Setting standards for democracy
By Colin Copus | 30 July 2019
Proposals to suspend councillors for their misdemeanours may cause more problems than they solve,...
FINANCE
Redditch slapped with rare Section 24
By Dan Peters | 26 July 2019
Auditor Grant Thornton has slapped Redditch BC with a rare Section 24 notice and urged it to take...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's services progress 'slow and uneven'
By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019
Ofsted has described the progress of Reading BC to improve its children’s services as ‘slow, unev...
FINANCE
New shared leadership team for council pair
By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019
Two councils that recently reinstated the position of joint chief executive have laid out plans t...
WHITEHALL
Brum tourist tax call from ex-ministers
By Dan Peters | 22 July 2019
Former ministers have called for a tourist tax to be trialled in Birmingham to help fund the Comm...
COUNCILLORS
A 700-page turner
17 July 2019
What’s the longest cabinet or committee meeting agenda you’ve come across? 100 pages? 300?
FINANCE
Havering 'can look both ways'
By Dan Peters | 10 July 2019
Havering LBC’s chief executive has insisted that the council can look towards both London and Ess...
COUNCILLORS
Ten years of shining a light on the exceptional work of councillors
By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 July 2019
The Local Government Information Unit’s (LGiU) Cllr Achievement Awards – now in their 10th year –...
COUNCIL TAX
We need a more nuanced conversation around trust
By Ben Page | 09 July 2019
Ben Page says that while trust in central Government has fallen in both Britain and the US since ...
FINANCE
'Legacy issues' delay South Ribble accounts
By Martin Ford | 09 July 2019
The leader of South Ribble BC has told councillors the authority will miss the statutory deadline...
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Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Competitive
The strategic voice of finance at the heart of Dudley. Apply for this job
Director of Commissioning, Procurement & Contract Management
£99k - £103k
When you’re spending ten figures a year, you need to be way beyond just asking ‘how many, and how much? Apply for this job
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