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BUSINESS

Accountancy body calls for chiefs to present financial results

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2023

Chief executives and section 151 officers should be required to present their council’s financial...

ELECTIONS

Risk of 'major electoral failure,' officers warn

By Martin Ford | 26 June 2023

Pressure on council teams running elections will only be recognised in the event of a ‘major elec...

WHITEHALL

MPs call for urgent audit action

By Mark Whitehead | 22 June 2023

MPs have called for urgent action over an ‘unacceptably high’ backlog of local government audits.

WHITEHALL

Concerns over funding supported housing regulation

By Martin Ford | 21 June 2023

The Government has yet to devise the system to fund councils’ regulation of supported housing, ma...

BUSINESS

Councillors to consider plan to stabilise IT system

By Mark Conrad | 21 June 2023

Plans to stabilise Birmingham City Council’s troubled IT system will be considered by senior coun...

WHITEHALL

Government turned down Woking plea for help

By Paul Marinko | 21 June 2023

Woking BC’s request for Government financial support two years ago was rejected, allowing the emb...

FINANCE

UK debt breaks 100% ceiling

By Michael Burton | 21 June 2023

Total UK debt has broken the 100% ceiling as a share of the economy for the first time in 62 year...

PENSIONS

Assessing councils' wealth health

By Dan Bates | 20 June 2023

In the wake of two huge fiscal failures for the sector, Dan Bates sets out how the financial heal...

WHITEHALL

Knee-jerk regulation is not the answer to failure

By Michael Burton | 20 June 2023

Michael Burton says that in the wake of financial losses at Woking, Thurrock and elsewhere, the a...

HOUSING

Tackling the rent convergence policy hangover should be a priority

20 June 2023

The rent convergence policy was cut short in 2015, leaving some property rent levels stuck at bel...

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director of Housing

£160,505 - £190,505

Shape the future of housing in a city like no other. Apply for this job

Bristol City Council

Executive Director of Children & Families

£166,755 - £173,133

Lewisham’s Children’s Services have undergone significant transformation Apply for this job

Lewisham London Borough Council

Head of Commissioning - Age Well

Up to £92,483

Premium jobLead Commissioning for Older Adults in Walsall Apply for this job

Walsall Council