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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Department for Education 'must intervene earlier' in failing child protection
By Laura Sharman | 16 December 2016
The Government has been accused by MPs of being too slow to improve child protection services.
WHITEHALL
Sector hits back at PM
By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016
Town hall leaders have hit back at government claims that councils may be partly responsible for ...
FINANCE
Sharing a chief 'beneficial for taxpayers'
By James Evison | 13 December 2016
A decision by two district councils to share a chief executive has delivered ‘significant benefit...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
'Increase autonomy, and reduce hierarcy'
By James Evison | 13 December 2016
Creating workforce strategies to increase autonomy and reduce hierarchy should be an ‘absolute pr...
HEALTH
'Whitehall's failure to end trusts' charity claims wastes cash and harms health'
By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016
Ministers’ failure to end a long-running legal dispute between NHS trusts and councils is wasting...
FINANCE
Call for rethink over 'flawed' investment crackdown
By Dan Peters | 09 December 2016
Disappointed council leaders have called for a rethink of ‘flawed’ proposals that could ‘severely...
FINANCE
Taking the temperature at The MJ's Future Forum North
By Michael Burton | 06 December 2016
Editorial director Michael Burton on what he learnt from our latest event
WHITEHALL
Councils upbeat about defeating trusts' demands for rates relief
By Sam Clayden | 06 December 2016
Councils are quietly confident of defeating NHS trusts’ claim for mandatory business rates relief...
FINANCE
Javid intervention expected after fresh unitary bid
By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016
Communities secretary Sajid Javid plans to wade into the local government reorganisation row in B...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA split over mayoral devolution
By Dominic Browne | 06 December 2016
Senior figures at the Local Government Association (LGA) are divided over whether to continue to ...
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Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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