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QUEENS SPEECH

Sir Andrew Dilnot is upbeat on reform to social care

By Ann McGauran | 20 May 2021

Author of the landmark 2011 review into social care funding Sir Andrew Dilnot is upbeat about the...

WHITEHALL

MPs sceptical over council audit shakeup

By Martin Ford | 20 May 2021

The influential Public Accounts Committee quizzed mandarins over the new powers given to the Audi...

LEGAL

Councils must meet their SEND legal duties

By Catriona Moore | 20 May 2021

No matter how tight budgets are, councils still need to be held to account for how they are disch...

FINANCE

Six steps to smarter surplus resale

By Finlo Corrin | 19 May 2021

Finlo Corrin of Liquidity Services outlines some steps on how to maximise your recovery returns.

WHITEHALL

New finance watchdog to take on local audit

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

The new regulator set up to oversee private sector audit is to be expanded to include local gover...

FINANCE

In one year...

19 May 2021

Monday at 2.30pm might be a time for digesting sandwiches and tentatively sipping on a steaming m...

ENVIRONMENT

Change is in the air

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2021

In anticipation of its forthcoming report on councils and net zero, the National Audit Office ask...

ENVIRONMENT

Finance teams must stay in the loop

By Adele Taylor | 19 May 2021

Local government finance teams must be constantly inquisitive about Government policy changes tha...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Voters everywhere tend to feel the centre spends less on their area than elsewhere

By Ben Page | 19 May 2021

One of the underlying challenges of levelling up is just how much economic heavy lifting will ult...

ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES

Where has the care gone?

By Ann McGauran | 19 May 2021

Social care is in an even more precarious position that ever. But the Queen’s Speech lacked the ‘...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Commissioning for Childrens and Community

Up to £92,483

Lead Commissioning for Children and Communities in Walsall Apply for this job

Walsall Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

Up to £121,776

We are Walsall – a place defined by heart, ambition, and opportunity. Apply for this job

Walsall Council

Head of Commissioning - Age Well

Up to £92,483

Lead Commissioning for Older Adults in Walsall Apply for this job

Walsall Council