BUSINESS

LGA needs to 'get its finger out'

By Heather Jameson | 10 March 2015

The true test of the Local Government Association (LGA) will be how it responds to its peer revie...

FINANCE

Deprived councils took biggest spending hit, JRF report shows

By Jonathan Werran | 10 March 2015

Local government budget cuts - which saw the sector’s spending power diminished by more than a qu...

FINANCE

Finance nausea

By Peter Stuart | 10 March 2015

A local government landscape where so many reference points are moving and shifting at the behest...

BUSINESS

Digital duel

By Donna Davidson | 10 March 2015

The second round of the LG Challenge took contestants to Doncaster to engage residents with the b...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Triple alliance

By Alan Wood | 10 March 2015

Child sexual exploitation is a complex problem, and the ADCS is jointly issuing a suite of policy...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Children's complaints system 'creaking' under pressure, ombudsman reports

By Jonathan Werran | 10 March 2015

A ‘creaking’ system for redressing complaints over children’s services could be overhauled to foc...

HEALTH

New integrated health and social care pilots announced

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 March 2015

NHS England and the Local Government Association (LGA) have named the first eight areas to have i...

WHITEHALL

Pickles in council charges crackdown

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 March 2015

Eric Pickles has gone on the offensive over council charges, with new guidance on car parking and...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

The general election is a sideshow: look local

By Sir Merrick Cockell | 05 March 2015

With the wall-to-wall coverage of the build up to the election campaign, you could be forgiven fo...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Study reveals reorganisation possibility

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 March 2015

An independent report on devolution into non-metropolitan areas has not ruled out further local g...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Service – Social Care

G15 £63,148 - £67,058 per annum

There is an exciting opportunity within Children Social Care to join the senior management team Apply for this job

Wrexham County Borough Council

Head of Service Social Work & Specialist Support

Grade M scp 60 £72,118 - scp 64 £77,293

There couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us. Apply for this job

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Chief Executive Officer - Housing Delivery Shared Service

£123,983 - £138,786 per annum (37 hours per week)

Premium jobBlackpool is Changing for the Better, Can You Lead Delivery of the Next Chapter? Apply for this job

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