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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: No-deal Brexit funding call
By Dan Peters | 23 January 2019
Smith Square has pushed Marsham Street to provide funding for councils to implement their no-deal...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Auditors bid to explain real cause of difference in councils' spend on kids
By Chris Mahony | 23 January 2019
A nine-fold variation in spending on children’s social care could largely be down to ‘differences...
FINANCE
Balancing children's outcomes
By Ann McGauran | 23 January 2019
As pressures on children’s services budgets rise, London boroughs battle with balancing the books...
WHITEHALL
Monitoring officer review call
By Dan Peters | 22 January 2019
The organisation representing legal and governance council officers is to push for a Government r...
WHITEHALL
Charities attack mental capacity reforms
By Chris Mahony | 22 January 2019
Liberty and 11 disability groups led by Mind have attacked the Government’s bill aimed at reformi...
BUSINESS
LGA backs audit fee freeze despite pressure
By Dan Peters | 21 January 2019
Smith Square has backed holding external audit fees for local government at a lower level despite...
FINANCE
Council faces independent inquiry call
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2019
King’s Lynn & West Norfolk BC’s is facing calls for an independent inquiry into its partnership w...
WHITEHALL
LGA to build case for tourism tax
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2019
Smith Square is to commission further research as it looks to build a ‘very strong case’ for a to...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils warn Whitehall of Brexit risks
By Dan Peters | 16 January 2019
Councils this week started to formally inform Whitehall about their Brexit risk assessments amid ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Where do councils fit into the NHS plan?
By Michael Burton | 15 January 2019
Last week’s publication of the NHS Long Term Plan signals a fundamental shift towards community-b...
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£54,495 – £56,737 (pay award pending plus benefits)
Premium jobThank you for your interest in joining Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and our Finance Service. Apply for this job
Corporate Accountant - WMF2974e
£51,536 - £52,413
We are looking for an experienced, CCAB qualified Accountant to join our Corporate Accounting team. Apply for this job
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- Unai Emery's brilliance provides a great blueprint for local government finance leaders
- Chiefs take charge
- Neighbourhood Guarantee: Can councils deliver the visible improvements residents want?
- MPs scold Home Office over lack of council involvement in asylum
- Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms
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