FINANCE

Doubt over future of 75% rates retention under Gove

By Paul Marinko | 09 November 2021

New local government secretary Michael Gove has indicated that 75% business rates retention could...

HEALTH

How to solve a problem like 'infobesity'

By Richard James | 09 November 2021

Richard James says a new field of data design involving clever tools and creative approaches offe...

SKILLS

Data is a solution to worker shortages

By Glen Ocsko | 09 November 2021

If analysed and used in the right way, local authorities can use the vast swathes of information ...

WHITEHALL

Call for investment in homelessness data

By Dan Peters | 08 November 2021

The head of Whitehall’s ‘what works’ centre on homelessness has called for better data infrastruc...

DATA

Transparency – more key than ever in the WhatsApp era

By Elizabeth Denham CBE | 02 November 2021

Elizabeth Denham offers five recommendations to help Freedom of Information staff deal with reque...

WHITEHALL

Councils offer almost 1,000 properties in Afghan asylum drive

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2021

Councils have offered almost 1,000 properties to support the resettlement and relocation of Afgha...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Councils spent £21.2bn on adult social care in 2020-21

21 October 2021

Councils spent £21.2bn on adult social care in 2020-21, according to statistics published by NHS ...

AUDIT

Audit completion rate drops to 9%

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2021

Just 9% of local government bodies’ 2020-21 audits were completed by the end of September target ...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Government admits Everyone In data gap

By Dan Peters | 11 October 2021

The Government has admitted it has no idea how many rough sleepers housed under Everyone In have ...

FINANCE

How to address tax arrears sustainably

By Paul Rudd | 29 September 2021

Civica's Paul Rudd discusses three steps councils can take when dealing with the pandemic’s impac...

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frederica-diamanta

Highways Capital Delivery Manager

£50,788 - £52,805

To be responsible for the implementation of Welsh Government’s Renewal and Upgrade programme. Apply for this job

South Wales Trunk Road Agent

Assistant Director of Waste Management and Public Space

£95,399 to £106,008

Join a values-driven council where people come first — and your potential has no limits. Apply for this job

Cumberland Council

Director of Public Health

Up to £131,210

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

Royal Borough of Greenwich