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HEALTH

Putting health at the heart of your team

By Joanna Brown | 15 December 2014

Hertfordshire CC has come to the aid of its employees with a wellbeing programme designed to enco...

FINANCE

Back off, Brum's chief tells Sir Bob

By Heather Jameson | 10 December 2014

Birmingham City Council has hit back at Sir Bob Kerslake for being too detailed and dictatorial i...

FINANCE

'Boost pay to recoup cash'

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2014

A substantial increase in local government pay would recoup millions for the Treasury, trade unio...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Towards one shared vision

By John Knight | 08 December 2014

Two Devon councils are breaking new ground to recruit their workforce based on the behaviours tha...

FINANCE

Of trust and transformation

By Heather Jameson | 01 December 2014

After turning round Britain’s worst council – Rossendale – Carolyn Wilkins has taken on Oldham MB...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Staff shortages erode switch to community-based services

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014

A new report by the King’s Fund has warned that government plans to move to community-based servi...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Working challenges

By Jack Airey | 24 November 2014

Local government has had to make radical changes in the last four years to cope with austerity fi...

FINANCE

UNISON chief: town hall bosses 'not much better' than Mike Ashley

By Jonathan Werran | 18 November 2014

Council employers are not much better than controversial Sports Direct retailer Mike Ashley, comp...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Unions accept LGA pay offer

By Jonathan Werran | 14 November 2014

The three main local government trade unions have voted to accept an improved pay offer from coun...

FINANCE

Public service mutuals: a work in progress

By Kristian Scholfield | 14 November 2014

Francis Maude's dream of one million public sector staff working in John Lewis-style employee-led...