FINANCE

Time to get an honest act together

By John Sinnott | 20 April 2017

Some councils with unsustainable budgets are generously funded while others with sound financial ...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall to improve homelessness stats

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

The Government has pledged to continue to work with the UK Statistics Authority to make its homel...

WHITEHALL

LGA lending support to rates avoidance issue

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Ministers have agreed to work with the Local Government Association (LGA) to reduce business rate...

WHITEHALL

Shaping social care markets

By Catherine Taylor | 13 April 2017

Whatever the national funding and policy configuration, commissioners and providers need to reinv...

FINANCE

Asylum seekers shunted to poorest council areas

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Asylum seekers are being housed for £11 each per night under Whitehall’s ‘incredibly parsimonious...

HEALTH

'Give us powers to over-rule commercial confidentiality'

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Councils are demanding powers to over-rule ‘commercial confidentiality’ when scrutinising how pri...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Watering down workforce diversity

By Claire Fox | 11 April 2017

A recent report may hinder the way workforce diversity is perceived, writes Claire Fox.

FINANCE

MiFID II will have severe implications for pensions investments

By Mark Lloyd | 11 April 2017

Mark Lloyd says the LGA will continue to fight against the FCA's plan to reclassify councils from...

WHITEHALL

Scorn for Bourne's £1bn

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2017

Government figures claiming councils can raise £1bn through the social care precept are massively...

FINANCE

Fighting fraud through collaboration

By Rachael Tiffen | 11 April 2017

Fraud is a serious issue for local government. Rachael Tiffen says setting up a sector-led counte...

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Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

frederica-diamanta

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council