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RECRUITMENT
Staff shocks
By Simon Edwards | 02 February 2024
A new report from the County Councils' Network and PwC lays out some solutions to a complex secto...
FINANCE
Challenges remain following funding boost
By Martin Ford | 24 January 2024
A £600m boost to the Local Government Finance Settlement has been welcomed, but has not resolved ...
FINANCE
Finance settlement set for £500m boost
By Martin Ford | 24 January 2024
The Local Government Finance Settlement is to expected to be boosted by £500m, following pressure...
FINANCE
Is it going to be giveaways or propping up councils?
23 January 2024
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has asked Treasury staff to scout for potential cash for local government,...
WHITEHALL
The Hunt for cash
By Heather Jameson | 23 January 2024
The Treasury has asked an internal team of experts to hunt down potential extra cash for local go...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
SEND school transport's impossible situation
By Ann Carruthers | 23 January 2024
Suzanne Smith and Ann Carruthers set out recommendations to government from a report highlighting...
WHITEHALL
MPs call on Sunak to boost council settlement
By Heather Jameson | 22 January 2024
More than 40 MPs have called on the Government to rethink the finance settlement in a bid to resc...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
A new Government provides the opportunity for long-term reform
By Simon Edwards | 15 January 2024
The SEN system and the broken children’s social care residential market are the main drivers of ...
FINANCE
Stormy waters ahead
By Mark Conrad | 08 January 2024
Mark Conrad talks to three major groups of councils about what the provisional finance settlement...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The next step for children's services
By Dominic Luscombe | 08 January 2024
Dominic Luscombe asks if the new Data Strategy and Children’s Social Care reform strategy are opp...
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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