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FINANCE
Troubled Families is not the Holy Grail
By Dan Corry | 02 April 2019
There are lessons to be learned from the Troubled Families experiment, as Dan Corry outlines
FINANCE
Call for regulator to manage increasing commercial activity
By Hiba Mahamadi | 02 April 2019
A code to guarantee the soundness of the sector’s plans as commercial activity gathers momentum h...
FINANCE
Bonds agency refreshes approach after struggles
By Naomi Larsson | 01 April 2019
The UK Municipal Bonds Agency (UKMBA) will revise its guarantee after more than four years of fai...
FINANCE
Local government pension reforms challenged
By Martin Ford | 01 April 2019
The legality of proposed reforms to local government pension schemes has been questioned.
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Ministry uses 'gossip' to scrutinise commercial investments
By Martin Ford | 28 March 2019
Marsham Street has been accused of relying on ‘gossip’ to track councils’ commercial ventures.
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Experts warn of 'gap' in scrutiny of council finances
By Martin Ford | 28 March 2019
An inquiry into council finance has heard warnings of a gap in oversight of the sector.
FINANCE
The great Brexit divide
By Martin Ford | 28 March 2019
A gulf between local and national government ambitions for devolution in a ‘post-Brexit world’ ha...
FINANCE
Northamptonshire to lift spending ban
By Martin Ford | 28 March 2019
Commissioners overseeing the running of Northamptonshire CC have recommended the lifting of its S...
WHITEHALL
Councils defend council tax hikes
By Heather Jameson | 27 March 2019
Councils have had ‘little choice’ but to raise council tax to protect local services, the Local G...
FINANCE
Government review into Caerphilly pay row
By Mike Yuille | 27 March 2019
The Welsh Government is stepping into the long-running dispute over senior council officers’ pay ...
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Head of Education
£87,117- £93,978
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Service Managers – Children's Social Care
£61,863 - £67,592
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Head of Commercial Services
£77,339 - £83,714
Few boroughs have a story quite like Trafford’s. Apply for this job
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