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FINANCE

Overspends hit reserves at Blackpool and Dorset

By Martin Ford | 20 June 2023

Blackpool and Dorset have both reported budget overspends for the past financial year.

WHITEHALL

Five things we learned from Reimagining the Local State

By Dr Simon Kaye | 20 June 2023

Following Reform’s conference on reimagining the local state, Simon Kaye presents five things tha...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Carbon neutrality 'not a top priority' in housing

By Martin Ford | 20 June 2023

A lack of funding certainty and competing concerns have meant the issue is ‘not getting the atten...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

We need a national placements strategy

By John Pearce | 19 June 2023

Councils are using non-secure provisions supported by a deprivation of liberty order as necessary...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

The insourcing outlook

By Ann McGauran | 19 June 2023

What are the benefits of in-house residential social care placements for children and young peopl...

SOLACE

The truth about council failures

By Paul Marinko | 19 June 2023

As the sorry saga of financial failures at the likes of Woking BC and Thurrock Council continues ...

WHITEHALL

LGA demands talks over anti-terror law

By Mark Conrad | 19 June 2023

The Local Government Association (LGA) has demanded fresh talks with senior Home Office figures a...

WHITEHALL

Usable reserves drop 11%

By Dan Peters | 19 June 2023

Usable reserves held by English councils dropped by 11% in 2022-23, according to analysis of 116 ...

FINANCE

Resilience by numbers

By Neville Murton | 19 June 2023

Norwich City Council’s interim Section 151 officer Neville Murton says the council has a history ...

PLANNING

If the reading of opinion is faulty, nothing gets done

By Ben Page | 19 June 2023

Public preference and tolerance is commonly underestimated and misunderstood, and we need more le...

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Head of Commissioning - Age Well

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Walsall Council

Director of Governance (Monitoring Officer)

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Walsall Council

Director of Commissioning and Partnerships

Up to £121,776

Shape the Future of Commissioning in Walsall Apply for this job

Walsall Council