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SOCIAL CARE

A bounce back Budget

By Bob Neill | 02 November 2021

We got spending – and lots of it – in the Budget, yet its contents reflected conflict within the ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Valuing the relationship between HR and finance

By Jonathon Sheppard | 02 November 2021

The chief executive of CIPFA recently raised many thought-provoking suggestions on the recruitmen...

COUNCIL TAX

There are more questions now than before the Budget

By Adele Taylor | 02 November 2021

The more challenging aspect of the Budget's announcements is the vacuum of definitive information...

FINANCE

Top mandarin admits state of audit 'deeply concerning'

By Martin Ford | 02 November 2021

Permanent secretary Jeremy Pocklington said there was no ‘magic bullet’ to rectify the sector's i...

FINANCE

Powys' savings off target

By Chris Mahony | 01 November 2021

Powys CC’s savings plans are 22% off target more than halfway through the financial year, senior ...

FINANCE

Regulator 'disappointed' at timeliness of local government auditor reporting

By Laura Sharman | 01 November 2021

Half of the local government audits chosen for review by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ha...

FINANCE

Care needs cash to reform

By Stephen Chandler | 01 November 2021

If the Government is serious about reforming social care, it has got to get serious about funding...

FINANCE

Just what does the Spending Review mean for local government?

By Adrian Jenkins | 01 November 2021

Adrian Jenkins gives his verdict on how local government fared in the Spending Review: not bad, b...

FINANCE

Spending Review fails to deliver for local government or levelling up

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 01 November 2021

Despite heralding the largest increase in core funding for councils in a decade, the chancellor h...

WHITEHALL

Budget 2021: Council tax cut will leave councils struggling, says IFS

29 October 2021

The Government’s move to lower the threshold of council tax increases before a referendum is ‘sur...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Early Years and Early Help

£90,126 - £98,319

Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton

Strategic Director of Finance Operations

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Strategic Director of Finance Strategy

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

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