CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Ofsted: Councils improving but key problems remain

By Mark Conrad | 04 August 2015

Local authorities are improving the quality of assessments for vulnerable children, but key probl...

WHITEHALL

Improvement results finally made public

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2015

Smith Square has finally made public its consultation on the future of sector-led improvement – f...

HEALTH

Areas still receiving support with Better Care Fund plans

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2015

Two areas are still receiving ‘intensive support’ amid concerns that their Better Care Fund (BCF)...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Recruitment drive for Brum

By Heather Jameson | 29 July 2015

Birmingham City Council has begun the recruitment process to strengthen its senior management, at...

WHITEHALL

Councils join forces for greater clout

By Austin Macauley | 27 July 2015

Six local authorities have joined forces to form a new partnership designed to give northeast Lon...

WHITEHALL

Rollout for financial peer challenge

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2015

A specialist form of peer challenge focusing on finance will be rolled out by the Local Governmen...

FINANCE

Bid to scrap Welsh councils 'calamitous'

By Jamie Hailstone | 22 July 2015

Conwy CC has warned the Welsh Government against pressing ahead with plans to scrap half the coun...

FINANCE

Should councillors now be at the heart of the debate?

By Heather Jameson | 22 July 2015

It has been a (or another) busy few days for Birmingham City Council, which prompts Heather James...

FINANCE

LGA responds to critics with new-style governance pilot

By Heather Jameson | 22 July 2015

The Local Government Association (LGA) has agreed to pilot a new style of governance, with portfo...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Birmingham leadership 'failed to grasp scale of change' needed

By Heather Jameson | 22 July 2015

Birmingham City Council’s political leadership has been accused of failing to grasp the full scal...

frederica-diamanta

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

frederica-diamanta

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council