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SOCIAL CARE

The final countdown

By Dan Peters | 19 February 2019

Dan Peters reports on how local authorities are making contingency plans for Brexit while also en...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Public audit will soon need a spring clean

By David Walker | 19 February 2019

John Tizard and David Walker make the case for a new way of auditing how public money is spent th...

EUROPEAN UNION

An occasional read

19 February 2019

As Theresa May leads a last-ditch diplomatic drive to persuade EU leaders to save her Brexit agre...

WHITEHALL

Business rates plans are 'confusing and imprecise' - finance experts

By Heather Jameson | 18 February 2019

Finance experts have hit out at Government plans for business rates retention, claiming they are ...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

London Resilience Forum warns it is still being left in the dark over Brexit

14 February 2019

The London Resilience Forum is still not getting 'any sort of detail or underlying explainations'...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Many Tower Hamlets' businesses not well enough prepared for 'no deal'

By Ann McGauran | 14 February 2019

There has been insufficient planning for a ‘no deal’ scenario among many businesses in Tower Haml...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs' no-deal Brexit capacity warning

By Dan Peters | 12 February 2019

Council capacity will be stretched under a no-deal Brexit scenario, local authority chief executi...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

NILGA: Give councils the power to change Northern Ireland

By Ann McGauran | 11 February 2019

The Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) has called for the role of councils to ...

WHITEHALL

Truss backs fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2019

Chief secretary to the Treasury, Liz Truss, has given her backing to further fiscal devolution.

EUROPEAN UNION

This is news to us

06 February 2019

Diary has been speaking to a lot of councils about Brexit recently and it turns out they’re all r...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council