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WHITEHALL
Councils hit with new productivity demands
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
Ministers have demanded councils improve their productivity in the same week as the Government qu...
FINANCE
We need to measure prevention spend
By Rob Whiteman | 16 April 2024
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy will seek to answer how much are we cur...
FINANCE
Doing things differently
By Paul Marinko | 16 April 2024
In the face of never-ending pressures councils are continuing to seek out ways to do things diffe...
FINANCE
The will to win in Wilts
16 April 2024
Wiltshire Council was the setting for the latest round of the Local Government Challenge, which f...
BUSINESS
Struggles continue for scandal-hit council contractor
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
A council contractor previously at the centre of a residential care abuse scandal has continued t...
BUSINESS
Oflog should be handed audit oversight, MPs told
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
The Office for Local Government (Oflog) should be handed oversight of England’s broken audit regi...
HEALTH
DEFRA withholds £6m of air quality funding
By William Eichler | 16 April 2024
Around £6m in funding promised to local authorities to help tackle air pollution will be withheld...
FINANCE
Transforming social housing: The task ahead for council teams
By Caroline Green | 16 April 2024
Now that the new social housing regulatory regime is in place, housing teams are embracing the ch...
FINANCE
Putting finance on the devolution to-do list
By Alison Griffin | 16 April 2024
Seeking real fiscal autonomy for local government at times feels as elusive as the end of a rainb...
WHITEHALL
Government ignores sugar levy calls
By Dan Peters | 12 April 2024
The Government has ignored Local Government Association (LGA) calls for the sugar levy to be spen...
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- More grief ahead as reorganisation is plunged into chaos
- The local government reorganisation reset changes the recruitment brief
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
- West Surrey Council set to announce chief executive
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Chief Executive
£205,749 to £224,986
Premium jobNorth Yorkshire Council is seeking an exceptional leader to become our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
£competitive
We are looking for an exceptional senior leader with a strong record of leading change Apply for this job
Assistant Director Finance & Governance and Deputy Section 151 Officer
up to £121,526 + a monthly car allowance of £200 per month + fringe allowance of £753 per annum
You will lead a broad and influential portfolio including finance, revenues and benefits, procurement, audit, risk, insurance and corporate fraud. Apply for this job
- More grief ahead as reorganisation is plunged into chaos
- The local government reorganisation reset changes the recruitment brief
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
- West Surrey Council set to announce chief executive
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
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