Legislation

By Kate Dodsworth | 15 February 2023

As new legislation heralds greater power for housing regulation, Kate Dodsworth suggests councils...

WHITEHALL

Council considers legal action amid asylum row

By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2023

Brighton & Hove City Council is considering legal action against the Government to resolve a disp...

WHITEHALL

Eastleigh finance review to start

By Paul Marinko | 07 February 2023

The Government has commissioned a review of Eastleigh BC’s finances to start this week after conc...

WHITEHALL

Officials may break law by using tablets at elections

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2023

Returning officers (ROs) are weighing up whether to risk breaking the law by replacing paper regi...

WHITEHALL

Abuse inquiry in risk warning

By Mark Conrad | 17 January 2023

Experts have warned Whitehall’s rejection of key proposals from the Independent Inquiry into Chil...

Councils named and shamed by Housing Ombudsman

By Dan Peters | 13 December 2022

Some 19 councils have been named for being among the landlords with the highest proportion of hou...

LEGISLATION

Procurement: helping to get the best deals

By David Bemrose | 07 December 2022

David Bemrose describes how Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is working with local government to bu...

WHITEHALL

Gove ditches key housing target

By Mark Conrad | 06 December 2022

Housing secretary Michael Gove has caved in to pressure from backbench MPs and watered down Gover...

WHITEHALL

Councils back Tory housing rebellion

By Dan Peters | 29 November 2022

Councils have thrown their weight behind a Tory rebellion of more than 50 MPs who want to scrap m...

WHITEHALL

Tories push ministers to scrap 'top-down housing targets'

By Dan Peters | 16 November 2022

Conservative backbenchers are pushing ministers to scrap ‘top-down housing targets imposed by the...

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

Salary: £108,312 - £125,565

At Thurrock we take a whole council approach to improving the lives of our children and young people, placing them at the heart of all that we do Apply for this job

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Assistant Director Transformation

£97,426 - £108,074

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