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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
MPs call for government to publish fresh asylum data
By Mark Conrad | 06 March 2017
Ministers should publish fresh data on councils’ ability to take unaccompanied asylum-seeking chi...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Ofsted inspection regime raises concerns
By James Evison | 28 February 2017
Concerns have been raised over Ofsted’s plans for a new inspection regime to focus on failing chi...
FINANCE
DCN to lobby Whitehall on future of baseline rate
By Dan Peters | 28 February 2017
The District Councils’ Network (DCN) will lobby the Government for certainty on the future baseli...
HEALTH
STP fears as bosses 'not confident' about delivery
By Dan Peters | 28 February 2017
Fresh concerns about sustainability and transformation plans (STP) have been raised after a surve...
WHITEHALL
MPs: Councils should be able to create multi-academy trusts
By William Eichler | 28 February 2017
Local authorities with a track record of strong educational performance should be allowed to crea...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Striving for better engagement
By Cllr Judi Billing | 28 February 2017
Maintaining dialogue with residents and securing mutual trust between the council and local resid...
FINANCE
Birmingham denies Rogers in line for £500k exit package
By Jamie Hailstone | 24 February 2017
Birmingham City Council has denied that outgoing chief executive Mark Rogers is in line for a £50...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Specialist needs migrant children 'can leave councils with £90k gap'
By Mark Conrad | 21 February 2017
Councils can face a funding gap of up to £90,000 for unaccompanied child migrants with specialist...
FINANCE
PAC chair to address The MJ's spring forum
By Michael Burton | 21 February 2017
The chair of the powerful Commons Public Accounts Committee is a keynote speaker at The MJ Future...
FINANCE
Council steps back from unitary referendum plans
By Jamie Hailstone | 21 February 2017
Lincolnshire CC has backtracked on the idea of a unitary referendum after objections from the dis...
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Head of Education
£87,117- £93,978
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Service Managers – Children's Social Care
£61,863 - £67,592
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Head of Commercial Services
£77,339 - £83,714
Few boroughs have a story quite like Trafford’s. Apply for this job
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