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FINANCE
Positive signs for Birmingham despite predicted overspend
By Sam Clayden | 09 November 2016
Birmingham City Council is on course to overspend by £49m this year, but has been praised for mak...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Intervention uncertainty 'could hamper scrutiny'
By Mark Conrad | 09 November 2016
The Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) refusal to disclose how many council...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
No 'clever fix from centre' for failing children's services
By Sam Clayden | 01 November 2016
The idea that Whitehall can rectify child protection failures with a ‘clever fix’ from the centre...
FINANCE
Marcus Jones predicts full integration by 2020
By Michael Burton | 01 November 2016
Local government minister Marcus Jones has forecast full integration of health and social care by...
DCLG
Met 'fails to tackle election fraud at Tower Hamlets'
By Dan Peters | 26 October 2016
Tower Hamlets commissioners have expressed their disappointment at the Metropolitan Police Servic...
WHITEHALL
Whitehall has no plans for further interventions
By Dan Peters | 26 October 2016
The Government has insisted it has no plans to launch further interventions after sending in comm...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Troubled Families tsar defends programme amid controversy
By Sam Clayden | 20 October 2016
Government officials have defended the Troubled Families programme under interrogation, rebutting...
ROTHERHAM ABUSE
Javid open to returning taxi powers to Rotherham
By William Eichler | 20 October 2016
The communities secretary has proposed handing back the power to issue taxi driver licences to Ro...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Wilshaw: Police failings mean Rotherham abuse could be repeated
By Sam Clayden | 18 October 2016
The ‘catastrophic failings’ that put children at harm in Rotherham and Oxfordshire could be repea...
FINANCE
Cross-sector calls to save 'breaking point' care budgets
By Sam Clayden | 13 October 2016
Cross-sector calls for the chancellor to rescue a crippled adult social care sector have emerged ...
Corporate Director of Resources (Section 151 Officer)
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- Council backlash over asylum reforms
- Local government leaders must connect the council financial crisis to lived experience
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
- Commissioner threatens legal action after censure
- Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey
Corporate Director of Resources (Section 151 Officer)
£141,233 to £164,272 plus relocation
Shape the financial future of England’s largest council. Lead with purpose. Deliver with impact Apply for this job
Director of Place
£95,202-£104,722 per annum
West Oxfordshire District Council is seeking an exceptional and forward-thinking Director of Place Apply for this job
Registered Manager - Children's Home - WMF2725e
£51,356 - £52,413
This post is a crucial leadership role within the exciting new Westmorland and Furness children’s home service area. Apply for this job
- Council backlash over asylum reforms
- Local government leaders must connect the council financial crisis to lived experience
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
- Commissioner threatens legal action after censure
- Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey
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