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FINANCE

Housing scandals 'embarrassment to sector'

By Martin Ford | 08 February 2022

Poor living conditions uncovered by the media at councils such as Croydon LBC throughout last yea...

FINANCE

Edinburgh to be hit by costs after damning reviews

By Chris Mahony | 07 February 2022

Edinburgh City Council faces ‘significant ongoing costs’ to implement recommendations from indepe...

FINANCE

Public health grant 'effectively a cut'

By Martin Ford | 07 February 2022

Directors have said the ‘tiny increase’ in this year’s grant will be vastly outweighed by increas...

FINANCE

Croydon agrees to financial action plan

By Martin Ford | 07 February 2022

Croydon LBC has agreed an overhaul of its financial management in response to failings over a £67...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

You can't level up from Whitehall

By Sarah Longlands | 07 February 2022

The Levelling up White Paper spent a lot of time talking about ancient history, but will do littl...

FINANCE

'Emergency consultation' launched on accounting rules

By Martin Ford | 04 February 2022

Temporary changes to the code of practice were requested by the Government to resolve 'timeliness...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

The white paper wait seems worth it for districts

By Ian Miller | 04 February 2022

The Government should be applauded for recognising – at last – that Whitehall does not know best ...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Missions misstep 

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 February 2022

When it comes to its 12 missions, the Levelling Up White Paper does not really enable the multipl...

LEISURE

Gove's suggestion on non-statutory services won't work

By Mo Baines | 04 February 2022

Michael Gove recently said councils could drop some non-statutory services – but these are the es...

FINANCE

Councils' frontline role battling energy crisis

By Martin Ford | 03 February 2022

Local authorities have been tasked with administering a council tax rebate and £144m fund to soft...

frederica-diamanta

Head of Housing

£79,968 - £87,755

Lead with purpose. Inspire change. Shape the future of housing in Powys. Apply for this job

Powys County Council

Educational Psychologist

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North East Lincolnshire Council

Director of Business Solutions

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Tees Valley Combined Authority

frederica-diamanta

Head of Housing

£79,968 - £87,755

Lead with purpose. Inspire change. Shape the future of housing in Powys. Apply for this job

Powys County Council

Educational Psychologist

Soulbury Scale A 4-9, plus up to 3 SPA points.

Our newly developed EMBRACE framework guides the actions we take as a team Apply for this job

North East Lincolnshire Council

Director of Business Solutions

£133,234

This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in shaping the region’s economic future and driving long-term prosperity. Apply for this job

Tees Valley Combined Authority