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ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Reading refuses to send COVID-19 patients to care homes

By Martin Ford | 28 October 2020

Reading Council is to defy a Government order to provide care home places for Covid-19 positive p...

HEALTH

Youth and BAME jobs hit hardest by lockdown

By Ann McGauran | 28 October 2020

Young people, BAME workers and those on insecure contracts have lost out most as a result of the ...

COVID

What pandemic?

28 October 2020

Diary has noticed a new fad in local government – predicting the findings of the inevitable publi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Move to a true local state

By Rob Whiteman | 28 October 2020

We have now reached a turning point 'where devolution to a true local state would not only achiev...

FINANCE

£1bn funding still not enough to meet needs

By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2020

Councils hit hardest by coronavirus are those receiving the most help in the latest tranche of fu...

FINANCE

Just another brick in the wall?

By Michael Burton | 28 October 2020

The 55 Northern Conservative MPs who wrote to No 10 this week know that if they cannot deliver wh...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Northern Powerhouse must be for real

By Mike Emmerich | 28 October 2020

If the North is to ‘own’ the Northern Powerhouse a new partnership with Government is needed, as ...

WHITEHALL

£63m hardship fund was not meant to pay for free school meals

By Heather Jameson | 27 October 2020

The £63m ‘hardship fund’ ministers claim should be enough for councils to help hungry schoolkids ...

HEALTH

Two Scots councils set for level four

By Michael Burton | 27 October 2020

Two Scottish local authority areas are in line for a new severe level four lockdown according to ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Change in a time of uncertainty

By Stephen Young | 26 October 2020

Stephen Young outlines how, as COVID-19 gripped the UK, Lancashire CC took the decision to grab a...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council