BUSINESS

Universal benefit?

By Henry Overman | 09 April 2015

Professor Henry Overman questions whether available evidence backs up the need to make ultrafast ...

WHITEHALL

Chiefs criticise Labour's 'monolithic approach'

By Michael Burton | 09 April 2015

Labour plans to subsume local government websites into Whitehall’s Gov.uk platform have come unde...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: IT systems 'not ready for capped care cost reforms'

By Dan Peters | 09 April 2015

Payments under the Care Act could be hit by delays unless councils wake up to the ‘big IT implica...

FINANCE

Care Act in 2016 will be a challenge

By Richard Pantlin | 09 April 2015

These days no major change programme can be effectively implemented without supportive informatio...

HEALTH

Shared service organisation launches law firm

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 April 2015

A company jointly owned by Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire CCs has launched its own legal fir...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Customer experience or customer expectation?

By Phil Ruston | 30 March 2015

Insight and innovation is essential to ensure councils deliver excellent customer experiences – b...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Making capital gains

By Mayor Jules Pipe | 30 March 2015

Mayor Jules Pipe, chair of London Councils, looks back at 50 years of innovation and modernisatio...

FINANCE

That's not the way to do it

By Rob Whiteman | 23 March 2015

Last week’s Budget contained too much pre-election Punch and Judy knockabout and too little long-...

FINANCE

Building a compelling alternative for the public sector

By Kevin Foster | 23 March 2015

Surrey CC and East Sussex CC on their partnership covering human resources, IT, property and fina...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Fit for tomorrow's world?

By Simon Parker | 17 March 2015

If the Local Government Association (LGA) didn’t exist, we would have to invent it. The question ...

frederica-diamanta

Director of Family Help and Safeguarding

£105,836 - £121,235

Brighter Futures for Children is looking for a visionary leader to drive transformation and improvement in children's services at a pivotal time. Apply for this job

Reading Borough Council

Head of Highways Operations

Salary: £78,168 per annum

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Somerset Council

Head of Operational Services

£73,051 to £75,342

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South Derbyshire District Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of Family Help and Safeguarding

£105,836 - £121,235

Brighter Futures for Children is looking for a visionary leader to drive transformation and improvement in children's services at a pivotal time. Apply for this job

Reading Borough Council

Head of Highways Operations

Salary: £78,168 per annum

Premium jobSomerset offers a unique blend of natural beauty, rich history and vibrant community life. Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Head of Operational Services

£73,051 to £75,342

Are you ready to shape the future of a thriving district? Apply for this job

South Derbyshire District Council