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DIGITAL
Councils disrupted after cyber attack
By Andrew Vaux | 19 January 2024
Three Kent authorities are investigating after online services were disrupted in an suspected hac...
FINANCE
NAO issues wake-up call
By Martin Ford | 17 January 2024
The National Audit Office (NAO) chief’s warnings to Whitehall over governance are a wake-up call ...
DIGITAL
Radical overhaul required to drag us into the 21st century
By Heather Jameson | 17 January 2024
From central government and the NHS, to police, prisons and local government: the ‘state of the s...
DIGITAL
Analogue phone switch-off set to costs London boroughs at least £31 million
By Andrew Vaux | 11 January 2024
An expert has warned of the soaring costs to London boroughs caused by the phasing out of the ana...
FINANCE
Bristol in £25m contract with scandal-hit IT firm
By Paul Marinko | 11 January 2024
Bristol City Council has been revealed to have an IT contract worth £25m with scandal-hit firm Fu...
FINANCE
Fears over digital switchover costs
By Martin Ford | 08 January 2024
Councils face multi-million pound bills as a result of the digital switchover of the telephone sy...
DIGITAL
Alarm sounded on cyber threat to local elections
By Martin Ford | 21 December 2023
Ministers have written to councils to warn of attempted foreign interference in next year’s elect...
ENVIRONMENT
UK councils in distress – What can we learn from 'Down Under'?
By Ian Owen | 18 December 2023
Recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Australia, Ian Owen describes how councils in the U...
DIGITAL
Future Forum North: Dispelling AI 'doom and gloom'
By Martin Ford | 08 December 2023
A call was made to shift the focus of the artificial intelligence (AI) debate to its potential be...
FINANCE
PwC and Hillingdon leading the way on AI for residents
04 December 2023
Hillingdon's AI-driven citizen contact system, supported by PwC’s unique collaboration with AWS, ...
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Armed Forces Commissioner
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Executive Director Finance, Governance and Assets (s151)
£153,592 - £168,952
Local government in Surrey is being reshaped for the first time in more than 50 years. Apply for this job
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Code at the centre of cyber alert seen on more than 40% of UK council websites surveyed
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
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