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SCRUTINY
A spotlight on scrutiny
By Ed Hammond | 29 August 2022
Ed Hammond looks at some of the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of scrutiny, and hig...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
What's the recipe for successful council companies?
By Perry Holmes | 29 August 2022
In the light of some high profile failures of councils’ commercial ventures, Perry Holmes suggest...
LEGAL
Putting social housing compliance in the spotlight
By Scott Dorling | 25 August 2022
Scott Dorling and Julian Jarrett look at the impact of a new and more muscular approach to the re...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Ritchie to chair 'critical friend' board
By Dan Peters | 24 August 2022
An ex-Newcastle City Council chief executive has been appointed to chair an independent board tha...
FINANCE
Liverpool set for further intervention
By Martin Ford | 19 August 2022
Commissioners at Liverpool are set to take on governance and financial decision making in an exte...
MANAGEMENT
Doing the right things in the wrong order
By Cllr Richard Kemp | 08 August 2022
A council, or indeed a government, needs to have a both a sense of direction and stability – and ...
INFRASTRUCTURE
Steps towards a smart city
By Ashley Feldman | 08 August 2022
Ashley Feldman says smart cities have brilliant and sometimes unexpected benefits if done right, ...
FINANCE
'Uncertainty' over Nottingham intervention
By Martin Ford | 05 August 2022
Ministerial upheaval has left Nottingham City Council uncertain of its future amid the threat of ...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
Council chief speaks out on bullying culture
25 July 2022
A disrespectful and bullying culture at Middlesbrough Council has left officers unable to challen...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Unfinished business
By Heather Jameson | 19 July 2022
Stephen Moir is back in Cambridgeshire for his third public services role – this time as chief e...
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
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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