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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...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Lack of cash threatens success of Care Act

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2015

Adult social care directors are warning that a failure to fully fund new burdens arising from the...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

£174,377

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Herefordshire Council

Service Director Children, Young People and Families

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Great things are happening in Plymouth Children’s Services. Apply for this job

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Chief Operating Officer

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