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SOLACE

Filling in the failure gap

By Heather Jameson | 25 January 2023

Max Caller has been investigating council failures since the 1990s. Heather Jameson talks to him ...

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

A question of reserves

By Martin Ford | 24 January 2023

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ desire for more data on councils’ level...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up directors could be scrapped

By Martin Ford | 24 January 2023

Plans to appoint a dozen levelling up directors may be scrapped, a minister has admitted.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

Pocklington concern over cladding removal pace

By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023

Fewer than half of remaining tower blocks with the most dangerous cladding have start dates for r...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall engagement varies across departments, review finds

By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023

Government departments that lack regional structures have struggled to engage with place-based in...

FINANCE

Concerns raised over £500m housing fund

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2023

Councils have raised concerns that the design of the £500m Local Authority Housing Fund will pile...

WHITEHALL

Officials may break law by using tablets at elections

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2023

Returning officers (ROs) are weighing up whether to risk breaking the law by replacing paper regi...

WHITEHALL

PSAA floats auditor of last resort idea

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2023

Introducing an auditor of last resort should be ‘seriously explored,’ the organisation responsibl...

WHITEHALL

Heslop: Councils are Government funding priority

By Martin Ford | 10 January 2023

Local authorities rival health and education as a funding priority for the Government, a Whitehal...

FINANCE

DLUHC: More section 114 notices not expected

By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2023

Whitehall officials are not expecting councils to issue further section 114 notices in the coming...

frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Head of Legal and Governance

£92,948-£104,310 plus £6,500 Leadership Allowance and £5,000 Statutory Officer Allowance

Elmbridge is a vibrant borough, celebrated for its green spaces, bustling high streets and welcoming villages. Apply for this job

Elmbridge Borough Council

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

up to salary max £121,445 per annum

We are now seeking a Director of Finance and Deputy Section 151 Officer to play a pivotal role Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council

frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Head of Legal and Governance

£92,948-£104,310 plus £6,500 Leadership Allowance and £5,000 Statutory Officer Allowance

Elmbridge is a vibrant borough, celebrated for its green spaces, bustling high streets and welcoming villages. Apply for this job

Elmbridge Borough Council

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

up to salary max £121,445 per annum

We are now seeking a Director of Finance and Deputy Section 151 Officer to play a pivotal role Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council