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WHITEHALL

Councils defend council tax hikes

By Heather Jameson | 27 March 2019

Councils have had ‘little choice’ but to raise council tax to protect local services, the Local G...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Call for clarity after children's service advice withdrawn

By Mike Yuille | 27 March 2019

The Government needs to urgently clarify its guidance on the duties of councils regarding vulnera...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Somebody's on a Rolls

26 March 2019

Despite the peerage, it’s fair to say most people would never accuse Local Government Association...

FINANCE

Sector unites in call for Troubled Families funding

By Martin Ford | 19 March 2019

The local government sector has urged the Treasury to continue funding the Troubled Families prog...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Modern slavery referrals rocket

By Ann McGauran | 15 March 2019

Referrals of potential victims of modern slavery made by councils have soared tenfold in five yea...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

The trouble with social policy 'evidence'

By Richard Stokoe | 13 March 2019

In making the case for more cash to improve public health based on its ‘evidence of what works’, ...

WHITEHALL

LGA presses for increase in asylum-seeking children funding

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2019

Pressure is growing on the Government to deliver on promises to improve funding for councils supp...

WHITEHALL

Government Settled Status scheme 'will cope' with surge

By Dan Peters | 11 March 2019

The Government has insisted it will be able to cope with up to three million people applying for ...

WHITEHALL

DEFRA: We will fund new burdens to collect food waste weekly

By Dan Peters | 11 March 2019

Whitehall has insisted that local authorities will be funded for new burdens connected with plans...

FINANCE

Making better discharge decisions needs a whole-system approach

By Dan Peters | 11 March 2019

Social care and the NHS should analyse Delayed Transfer of Care (DToC) statistics on a system bas...

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director Adult Services & Housing

to £150k

There’s a distinctive, energising sense of excitement and possibility Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Service Director - Children’s Commissioning & Performance

to £121k

Our new Children & Young People’s plan was co-produced with the energetic input of over 6,000 children across Somerset. Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Assistant Director - Regulatory

£80,161- £92,306

We offer flexible working hours for most office-based roles, allowing for a healthy work-life balance. Apply for this job

South Norfolk and Broadland District Councils

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director Adult Services & Housing

to £150k

There’s a distinctive, energising sense of excitement and possibility Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Service Director - Children’s Commissioning & Performance

to £121k

Our new Children & Young People’s plan was co-produced with the energetic input of over 6,000 children across Somerset. Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Assistant Director - Regulatory

£80,161- £92,306

We offer flexible working hours for most office-based roles, allowing for a healthy work-life balance. Apply for this job

South Norfolk and Broadland District Councils