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Fifty years on: Lessons from the Layfield report on local council funding
FINANCE

Fifty years on: Lessons from the Layfield report on local council funding

By Owen Mapley | 29 April 2026

Half a century from the Layfield Report on local government finance, many of the issues it raised remain and have become more complex, says Owen Mapley.

ICBS

A shared will to succeed on health and care

By John O’Brien | 04 December 2025

Differences between health providers and councils over finances are not new, says John O’Brien. B...

ICBS

The cracks that threaten integrated care

By Matthew Taylor | 04 December 2025

Groundbreaking investigation by The MJ and its sister title Healthcare Management reveal a stark ...

NCASC

In search of social care leaders

By Frazer Thouard | 27 November 2025

Jayne McCabe and Frazer Thouard dissect the shifting recruitment landscape for directors of adult...

HEALTH

Championing the fight against poverty

By Matthew Ashton | 23 July 2025

Professor Matthew Ashton says Cheshire and Merseyside’s collaborative approach to addressing pove...

HEALTH

Healthy goals bring opportunity

By Matthew Taylor | 09 July 2025

Matthew Taylor says there are many ways the 10-year plan for health could go wrong but only a sma...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Prioritising stroke is an evidence-based choice for councils

By Juliet Bouverie | 08 July 2025

Piling pressure on a crumbling system won’t support stroke survivors, says Juliet Bouverie.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Creating work, the local way

By Jonathan Werran | 01 July 2025

A new research programme shows how devolution can improve employment services by moving decision-...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

The power of the dream

By Jon Rouse | 27 June 2025

Jon Rouse says that rather than being a bureaucratic exercise, reorganisation is about complete r...

DEVOLUTION

Mayors and ICBs face the future

By Mark Sandford | 13 May 2025

The Devolution White Paper’s vision includes a key role for mayors. Mark Sandford asks what they ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

A time for unity, not division

By Matthew Taylor | 07 May 2025

There is still time to press for more collaborative place working across the public sector, write...

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Head of Neighbourhoods and Prevention

£62,474- £73,005

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Kirklees Metropolitan Council

CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER (S151)

UP TO £124,500 (INCLUDING MARKET SUPPLEMENT)

There couldn’t be a more exciting professional opportunity than being part of the transition to a new unitary authority. Apply for this job

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