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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Councils to use procurement to help steel
By Mark Whitehead | 04 April 2016
Councils have underlined their commitment to supporting communities through their buying policies...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Councils defend gagging orders
By Jamie Hailstone | 04 April 2016
Town halls have defended the use of ‘gagging orders’ after it was claimed more than 17,000 were s...
FINANCE
LGA defends 'difficult decisions' forced by cuts
By Dan Peters | 04 April 2016
The Local Government Association (LGA) has defended councils in England after research found spen...
FINANCE
Councils calculate cost of floods at £250m
By Mark Whitehead | 01 April 2016
The cost of damage caused by floods over the winter has reached nearly £250m and is still rising,...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
What's EU view?
01 April 2016
Local government has been relatively quiet on the topic of the EU referendum.
FINANCE
Tory Barnet to leave LGA
By MJ reporter | 31 March 2016
Conservative-run Barnet LBC has confirmed it will leave the Local Government Association (LGA) to...
FINANCE
Double whammy to cost councils £1bn
By Mark Whitehead | 31 March 2016
A rising tide of extra costs resulting from a double whammy of changes is forcing councils toward...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
'Responsibility without power' after academisation
By Sam Clayden | 29 March 2016
Local authorities will be accountable for ensuring there are enough school places after academisa...
WHITEHALL
Flooding cost 'still rising'
By Mark Whitehead | 29 March 2016
The cost of damage caused by floods over the winter has reached nearly £250m and is still rising,...
WHITEHALL
National Living Wage will 'push social care closer to breaking point'
By William Eichler | 29 March 2016
The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) will push social care services closer to break...
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Advanced Social Work Practitioner
£51,356.00 - £54,495.00, Grade 12, 37 hours, Permanent
You will be expected and enabled to contribute to workforce development and staff wellbeing. Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Operational Maintenance)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobThis is an exciting time to join Calderdale’s Highways Maintenance service. Apply for this job
Director of Public Health
£109,483 to £122,620
This is a rare and career-defining opportunity to shape the future of public health Apply for this job
- Former local government minister Phil Woolas dies
- Wirral management overhaul to create executive director roles
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- LGA to recruit interim chief
- Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
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