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FINANCE

Council reserves grow by £10bn

By Laura Sharman | 02 February 2022

The amount held in local authority reserves in England has increased to £29bn by the end of 2020-...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Inflation's a concern for councils and residents

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 01 February 2022

Councils and residents are facing severe price rises that will hit the more deprived hardest, say...

FINANCE

White van man on... Government finances

01 February 2022

What gets my goat about the cretins that supposedly run the country is not that they party all ni...

FINANCE

Council slashes heritage assets figure

By Martin Ford | 01 February 2022

East Ayrshire Council has been found to have about half the number of heritage assets it had clai...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up will take years, IFS warns

By Michael Burton | 01 February 2022

An updated funding formula and a revalued and reformed council tax will be key early tests of the...

FINANCE

Auditor blames backlog on staff 'capacity'

By Martin Ford | 01 February 2022

External auditors have blamed ‘staff capacity’ at Isle of Anglesey CC for a three-year backlog of...

FINANCE

'Roaring Twenties' could end up as a whimper

By Paul O’Brien | 01 February 2022

'As with the 1920s, today's economic and political landscape is strewn with messy public policy i...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Celebrating those helping to keep us safe

By Cllr Richard Roberts | 01 February 2022

Hertfordshire is proposing to use the adult care precept to increase pay for those working in car...

FINANCE

Supporting a more financially resilient sector

By Rob Whiteman | 01 February 2022

Rob Whiteman looks at CIPFA's eight assurance reviews of the councils that asked the Government f...

HOMELESSNESS

Helping our homeless

By Bob Neill | 01 February 2022

The scale of the success of the Everyone In initiative in tackling rough sleeping should not be u...

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

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Bolton Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council