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SOLACE
The problem with Best Value
By Barry Quirk CBE | 18 September 2023
The Government’s new Best Value draft guidance targets the right issues, but in too many areas it...
FINANCE
Brum braced for Government intervention
By Mark Conrad | 12 September 2023
Birmingham City Council is braced for a wide-ranging Government intervention to help rescue the a...
PENSIONS
Plotting a course for the pensions workforce
By Ian Colvin | 11 September 2023
Ian Colvin says while there is no one answer to the challenge of recruitment and retention withi...
PLANNING
Is Gove getting his houses in order?
By Duncan Flynn | 11 September 2023
Changes to the rules on nutrient neutrality may be a welcome boost for the housing sector, says D...
DEVOLUTION
Upholding the good name of local government
By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023
The Government says Oflog will be using data ‘to prompt questions – not judgements’. But, with ne...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Government rejects sector's Oflog concerns
By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023
The Government has rejected council concerns about key Oflog metrics that have been labelled ‘mis...
FINANCE
Middlesbrough agrees to independent improvement advisory board
By Dan Peters | 04 September 2023
Middlesbrough Council has agreed to have an independent improvement advisory board for a year fro...
ENVIRONMENT
Gove to ease nutrient neutrality requirements
By Mark Conrad | 29 August 2023
Ministers have announced they will ease divisive development rules on water pollution blamed for ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils reject refugee housing fund
By Dan Peters | 25 August 2023
Tens of millions of pounds of a fund designed to support English councils to obtain housing for t...
WHITEHALL
Council finance risk from VOA reclassification
By Struan Walker | 24 August 2023
Council incomes could be hit if a Government agency moves to reclassify asylum hotels as domestic...
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An ambitious, innovative council where Adult Social Care is central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
Director of Education & Skills
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An ambitious, high-performing council where education, inclusion and skills are central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
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