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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

We must find a way to invest in our future

By Jenny Coles | 19 August 2020

The ‘hidden harms’ to children over the past six months will be uncovered when schools fully open...

HEALTH

MPs call for 'urgent and targeted' support to avoid 'blunt' lockdown

By Ann McGauran | 19 August 2020

Three MPs have written to health secretary Matt Hancock calling for ‘urgent and targeted support’...

HEALTH

A Sisyphean task for health and social care?

By Magda Stainton | 19 August 2020

Magda Stainton at Veredus looks at the issue of health and social care integration, and ponders i...

HEALTH

Public health must not be downplayed by PHE's abolition

By Michael Burton | 19 August 2020

To start tearing down structures like PHE while the pandemic still rages and when the wider prev...

WHITEHALL

IFS finds £2bn budget black hole

By Michael Burton | 18 August 2020

Councils face a budget black hole of £2bn this year due to unfunded coronavirus costs, a new stud...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils have the local support to do what they must

By Ben Page | 18 August 2020

As local government works hard to revive local economic activity and resume normality, there is s...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Green recovery and growth should be the golden thread for counties

By Peter French | 18 August 2020

Peter French says the devolution White Paper provides 'an opportune moment for the Government to ...

PAY

EXCLUSIVE: Resistant shielders could be docked pay

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2020

Council employees who have been shielding could be docked pay if they refuse to return to work.

THIRD SECTOR

Councils advised to avoid term 'lockdown'

By Martin Ford | 18 August 2020

Experts have advised councils to avoid using the term ‘lockdown’ when discussing the reinstatemen...

WHITEHALL

Fears for small unitaries over Clarke's reorganisation shake-up

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2020

Existing small unitaries could be at risk in the looming reorganisation shake-up after the Govern...

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Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

Up to £128,000

As we respond to a complex and fast-changing financial environment. Apply for this job

Lewisham London Borough Council

Assistant Director of Housing Regeneration and Delivery

Up to £111,000

We’re proud of our track record in delivering high-quality new homes. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Service Director of Transformation and ICT

£95,000 - £110,000

Sandwell’s story is one of potential and striving to realise the ambitions of our borough, our residents and communities. Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

Up to £128,000

As we respond to a complex and fast-changing financial environment. Apply for this job

Lewisham London Borough Council

Assistant Director of Housing Regeneration and Delivery

Up to £111,000

We’re proud of our track record in delivering high-quality new homes. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Service Director of Transformation and ICT

£95,000 - £110,000

Sandwell’s story is one of potential and striving to realise the ambitions of our borough, our residents and communities. Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council