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EUROPEAN UNION

Cutting 91,000 civil servants: 'Efficiency' at what cost?

By Lucy Woods | 27 May 2022

Against a backdrop of unprecedented strain, it is difficult to see how a radical reduction in civ...

WHITEHALL

Fears over Procurement Bill red tape

By Martin Ford | 26 May 2022

The Government has rejected concerns that new procurement rules will create more red tape for loc...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Council leaders warn of post-Brexit shortage of professional regulators

By William Eichler | 18 May 2022

Local authority leaders have urged the Government to do more to train staff to work in the regula...

FINANCE

Will the fair funding review be another damp squib?

By David Phillips | 11 May 2022

David Phillips says that, if the fair funding review becomes a repeat of the UK Shared Prosperity...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Telling London's story

By Ann McGauran | 02 May 2022

There are votes to be had from ‘bashing the city’ and the story that levelling up has to mean tak...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Planning for the new workforce

By Michael Burton | 27 April 2022

Hybrid working and chronic shortages mean councils need to radically rethink their workforce stra...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Shared Prosperity Fund shortfall leaves a gaping hole at the heart of levelling up

By Henri Murison | 22 April 2022

The Shared Prosperity Fund allocations present a bleak picture, and represent serious cuts, but t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rhythms and rhetoric do not a devolution make

By Heather Jameson | 20 April 2022

There is still a long way to go before the Johnson Government’s devolution rhetoric feels like a ...

DEVOLUTION

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: there is time to put flaws right

By Lord Bob Kerslake | 19 April 2022

Lord Bob Kerslake says the UK Shared Prosperity Fund has fallen short on all of his three key tes...

PAY

A national workforce strategy is needed to tackle skills shortage

By Michael Burton | 13 April 2022

With pay likely to remain stagnant and labour shortages to continue, local authorities need a rob...

frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director of Children’s Services

Competitive Salary

You will be joining a council that is fully committed to improvement and where delivering the best start in life for children and young people Apply for this job

Trafford Council

Fire Safety Lead

£53,051- £57,372 per annum

Working closely with a broader compliance team, you will lead on the management and assurance of fire safety across the Council's estate. Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

Quantity Surveyor

£40,444 - £43,149 per annum + £4,370.75 Market supplement reviewed annually

Working within both the Major Works & Assets teams Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director of Children’s Services

Competitive Salary

You will be joining a council that is fully committed to improvement and where delivering the best start in life for children and young people Apply for this job

Trafford Council

Fire Safety Lead

£53,051- £57,372 per annum

Working closely with a broader compliance team, you will lead on the management and assurance of fire safety across the Council's estate. Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

Quantity Surveyor

£40,444 - £43,149 per annum + £4,370.75 Market supplement reviewed annually

Working within both the Major Works & Assets teams Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council

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