ECONOMIC GROWTH

A cheer for Vesting Day

By Andy Starkie | 28 March 2023

As councils gear up to become unitaries on 1 April. Andy Starkie offers advice on how to make the...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Not quite levelling up

By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 28 March 2023

Former Stevenage BC leader, now Labour Peer, Sharon Taylor says ministers should use the Easter r...

WHITEHALL

Council opposition to Government asylum plan grows

By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s push to close asylum hotels and rehouse thousands on former military...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Councils need a longer-term funding plan

By Cllr Izzy Seccombe | 28 March 2023

The Budget, while it contained positive announcements, left the Local Government Association disa...

HEALTH

South Lakeland has been truly transformed

By Lawrence Conway | 28 March 2023

From April 1 Cumbria will be reorganised into two unitary authorities. In his final column for Th...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Glasgow seeks more powers

By Martin Ford | 28 March 2023

Glasgow is to formally approach Holyrood and Westminster for more powers to help revitalise its c...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Two-thirds of councils yet to recover Covid grant losses

By Martin Ford | 24 March 2023

Only a third of councils have recovered any Covid business grants lost to fraud or errors, The MJ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'Difficult decisions' in store as LEPs axed

By Martin Ford | 23 March 2023

Replacing Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will not be easy, the Government has been warned.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

This Budget is much ado about déjà vu

By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2023

The past decade has seen Budget after Budget pledging to ‘level up’ and ‘devolve down’, but to wh...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Improving people's lives through partnership

By Justin Galliford | 21 March 2023

Justin Galliford explains why improving people’s lives is a key ingredient in successful partners...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Service – Social Care

G15 £63,148 - £67,058 per annum

There is an exciting opportunity within Children Social Care to join the senior management team Apply for this job

Wrexham County Borough Council

Head of Service Social Work & Specialist Support

Grade M scp 60 £72,118 - scp 64 £77,293

There couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us. Apply for this job

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Chief Executive Officer - Housing Delivery Shared Service

£123,983 - £138,786 per annum (37 hours per week)

Premium jobBlackpool is Changing for the Better, Can You Lead Delivery of the Next Chapter? Apply for this job

Blackpool Coastal Housing