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EDUCATION
Medway caves after Ombudsman rap
By Dan Peters | 16 January 2020
Medway Council has finally accepted the recommendations in a Local Government Ombudsman public in...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
An efficient collaboration
By Victoria Gould | 15 January 2020
Victoria Gould of Warwickshire CC’s award-winning Young People Legal Service team (YPLS) explains...
BUSINESS
'One-fifth of audit contracts should be put back out to tender'
By Dan Peters | 14 January 2020
The organisation responsible for appointing auditors should take away up to 20% of current contra...
FINANCE
March 11 Budget creates 'deep risk' for councils
By Paul Marinko | 07 January 2020
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has written to the Chancellor warning of the...
FINANCE
LGSS Law losses hit £1.2m
By Paul Marinko | 07 January 2020
A social enterprise law firm formed by three councils has reported that losses increased from £30...
WHITEHALL
Westminster in phone box call
By Paul Marinko | 07 January 2020
Westminster City Council has called on the Government to amend planning regulations to allow loca...
WHITEHALL
Prevent review goes back to the drawing board
By Dan Peters | 03 January 2020
The Home Office has scrapped ‘overly confined’ terms of reference for an independent review of it...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The rise of SEN Tribunals and how to prepare for them
By John Roberts | 20 December 2019
Lawyer John Roberts outlines what to expect from a Special Education Needs Tribunal and how local...
FINANCE
Council loses legal challenge to ombudsman
By Dan Peters | 19 December 2019
A legal challenge to a critical report by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has been...
LEGAL
Councils seek advice over same-sex marriage
By Paul Marinko | 17 December 2019
Councils are seeking advice ahead of the introduction of regulations that will allow same-sex mar...
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Executive Director of Transport
£128,216 – £156,241
Getting Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Moving Apply for this job
Assistant Director – Children and Families
£80,995 - £86,757
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- Council backlash over asylum reforms
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
- Local government leaders must connect the council financial crisis to lived experience
- Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey
- Casey urged to consider potential of LATCos for social care
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