WHITEHALL

Shielding improvements on agenda for LGA and Whitehall

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020

The Local Government Association is working with Whitehall to improve the support system for the ...

FINANCE

Yorkshire councils could declare themselves 'bankrupt' in months

By Ann McGauran | 11 May 2020

Chief executives across Yorkshire and the Humber region have already discussed the prospect of ma...

FINANCE

LGA 'rapidly refocuses' improvement work

By Dan Peters | 05 May 2020

The Local Government Association (LGA) has ‘rapidly refocused’ its improvement work to help counc...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

A better place

By Arianna Giovannini | 05 May 2020

The current crisis should become a reset moment - 'flipping centralisation on its head, so that...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Working through the pandemic to protect children and families

By Ann McGauran | 29 April 2020

A new report has identified the groups of children most likely to be at risk under lockdown. How ...

FINANCE

Follow the money

By Paul O'Brien | 29 April 2020

As councils grapple with COVID-19 it is not just the extra expenses incurred but the loss of earn...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Pandemic workshops cancelled months before virus

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 29 April 2020

Planned pandemic-preparedness workshops for councils in 2018 were cancelled due to lack of take-u...

FINANCE

Councils need more cash for crisis, says Whiteman

By Heather Jameson | 28 April 2020

Local government finance needs a bigger quantum, finance chief Rob Whiteman told MPs this week.

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Government blocks release of coronavirus modelling

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2020

The Cabinet Office is understood to be blocking the release of key data on expected coronavirus i...

WHITEHALL

Councils need another £12.8bn to cope with coronavirus - LGA

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2020

Councils may need up to another £12.8bn from the Government to get through the coronavirus crisis...

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frederica-diamanta

Registered Short Break Home Manager

£55,979.00, Grade 13

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Wakefield Council's Children's Services for a Short Break Registered Manager. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Strategic Lead Safe and Strong Communities - WMF3010e

£55,119 - £57,362

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Strategic Lead with significant experience in community services Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Assistant Director of Housing

£99,816 per annum

Our vision for Rotherham is that we come together as a community Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council