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FINANCE

Councils to feed children during half-term

By Martin Ford | 15 January 2021

Local authorities have been told to fund free meals to schoolchildren during half-term week next ...

FINANCE

Parks need funding and innovation during and after the pandemic

By Cllr Luthfur Rahman | 14 January 2021

Funding and innovation are required if parks are to serve local communities during COVID and beyo...

HOMELESSNESS

COVID-19 reveals scale of rough sleeping 'far exceeds' previous estimates

By William Eichler | 14 January 2021

The scale of the rough sleeping population in England ‘far exceeds’ the Government’s previous est...

FINANCE

Council warned not to overly rely on reserves

By Dan Peters | 14 January 2021

Auditors have warned Sutton LBC to be careful about relying too much on its reserves to offset cu...

WHITEHALL

MP launches Bill to scrap business rates

By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2021

Business rates should be abolished in a bid to save high street shops, an MP has claimed.

FINANCE

Our new beginning is here – let's not make a meal of it

By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2021

There are some major hurdles ahead, says Heather Jameson. 'Government’s quick fixes – to raise co...

FINANCE

Seeing the bigger picture

By Nick Clarke | 12 January 2021

Combining data in one place to build up a much fuller picture of what is happening within each ar...

FINANCE

The answers cannot wait for long

By John O’Brien | 12 January 2021

If local government is to play the vital role required in the recovery of places and communities,...

FINANCE

We can ensure that finance is a true enabler for our organisations

By Adele Taylor | 12 January 2021

Adele Taylor says 'local government can have a reputation for glacial change (unfairly I think), ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Questions over councils' regeneration role

By Martin Ford | 12 January 2021

A lack of funds and expertise prevents local authorities from reversing the decline of many town ...

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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