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FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Welfare cuts ahead despite cost of living crisis

By Mark Conrad | 30 August 2022

Councils have warned they may have to reduce welfare spending as part of era-defining cuts to fro...

FINANCE

£1bn COVID grant still to be paid out to businesses

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2022

More than £1bn of the 2021-22 COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) had not been paid out by the...

FINANCE

Unions plan more strikes

By Martin Ford | 30 August 2022

Scottish trade unions are planning further strike action after rejecting employers’ improved 5% p...

FINANCE

Sheffield looks to bridge £22m budget gap

By Martin Ford | 26 August 2022

Sheffield City Council is facing the challenge of reining in a budget overspend of almost £22m.

FINANCE

Pressure grows to raise housing benefits

By Martin Ford | 26 August 2022

Calls have been made to raise Local Housing Allowance (LHA) to prevent a surge in homelessness.

FINANCE

Medway calls for help to close £12m budget gap

By Martin Ford | 25 August 2022

Medway Council has demanded Government gets a grip on funding children’s services as it faces a b...

FINANCE

Watchdog 'deeply concerned' over council's finances

By Martin Ford | 25 August 2022

The Accounts Commission is ‘not confident’ Shetland Islands Council is ‘financially sustainable’.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils offered £6,000 to house asylum-seeking children

By William Eichler | 25 August 2022

Councils offered thousands of pounds in an effort to transfer unaccompanied asylum-seeking childr...

FINANCE

London boroughs lose 23k homes to Right to Buy

By Martin Ford | 24 August 2022

The capital’s council housing stock has shrunk by almost 6% over the past decade due to homes sol...

SCOTLAND

Scottish Labour proposes council funding overhaul

By Martin Ford | 24 August 2022

Local government funding in Scotland would be overseen by an independent body under an overhaul p...

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Service Director – Skills and Regeneration

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Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Service Director – Commissioning, Quality and Health Partnerships (Children’s)

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frederica-diamanta

Service Director – Skills and Regeneration

up to £114,023

Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Service Director – Commissioning, Quality and Health Partnerships (Children’s)

up to £114,023

Kirklees is a district of ambition, compassion, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Senior Lawyer (Regeneration)

£55,181 - £58,269 / year

No two days in Torbay are ever the same! Apply for this job

Torbay Council