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FINANCE

Auditor blames backlog on staff 'capacity'

By Martin Ford | 01 February 2022

External auditors have blamed ‘staff capacity’ at Isle of Anglesey CC for a three-year backlog of...

FINANCE

'Roaring Twenties' could end up as a whimper

By Paul O’Brien | 01 February 2022

'As with the 1920s, today's economic and political landscape is strewn with messy public policy i...

REORGANISATION

We all need a steady and clear programme for the unitary journey

By Lawrence Conway | 01 February 2022

South Lakeland DC will be abolished and its functions transferred to one of Cumbria's two new uni...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Celebrating those helping to keep us safe

By Cllr Richard Roberts | 01 February 2022

Hertfordshire is proposing to use the adult care precept to increase pay for those working in car...

FINANCE

Staff shortages 'clear and present danger'

By Martin Ford | 31 January 2022

The extent of widespread workforce disruption has been discussed by senior members of the Local G...

FINANCE

Blaenau Gwent receives damning report in public interest

By Martin Ford | 28 January 2022

Auditors said oversight of the council's waste company was ‘inadequate’ for more than a decade.

HUMAN RESOURCES

The year of the candidate

By Ben Cox | 26 January 2022

Ben Cox shares Penna’s data and insights on the executive talent market in 2021, and looks at wha...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Supporting staff through crises

By David Bibby | 26 January 2022

David Bibby explains how leisure and cultural centre provider Everyone Active has been working wi...

WHITEHALL

Reasons for director's dismissal emerge

By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2022

A former rising star at South Somerset DC was dismissed after allegedly using furloughed council ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Hello 2022

By Neil Lupin | 19 January 2022

Neil Lupin takes a look at what this year brings for the sector, and assesses the immediate futur...

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council