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FINANCE

Row brewing over use of reserve council cash

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2015

Council chiefs have hit back at ministerial claims the sector is sitting on a £21bn hoard of cash...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

The challenge continues

By Hannah Boylan | 10 February 2015

Bath and North East Somerset hosts the second stage of tasks that comprise the Local Government ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

We need a joined-up approach to CSE

By Cllr David Simmonds | 10 February 2015

Cllr David Simmonds outlines efforts across the local government sector to tackle child sexual ex...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Time to make some commitments

By Alan Wood | 10 February 2015

After a recent CSE summit, Alan Wood looks at what three major associations have decided to put i...

FINANCE

Fears raised over Care Act funding

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2015

Concerned councils have warned they may not be able to deliver the Government’s pledge to protect...

FINANCE

LGA defends councils' £21bn reserve cash pile

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2015

Council chiefs have claimed the sector’s financial reserves totalling £21.4bn are all that stands...

HEALTH

Concerned councils in care warning

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2015

Concerned councils have warned they may not be able to deliver the Government’s pledge to protect...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Safe as houses

By Manjeet Gill | 06 February 2015

Manjeet Gill gives the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives response to the Elphicke-House...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

LGA board chair critical of MPs' Rotherham reaction

03 February 2015

The reaction of MPs to the Rotherham scandal has been criticised by the chairman of the Local Gov...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Row over peer report criticism

03 February 2015

A row has broken out after a LGA corporate peer challenge report criticised Northumberland CC opp...

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frederica-diamanta

Director - Corporate Services

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Develop your career with a forward-thinking authority based in an attractive part of South Devon. Apply for this job

Teignbridge District Council

Chief Executive

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This is a rare opportunity to lead a council with both strength and ambition at a time of change. Apply for this job

Leicestershire County Council

Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning

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A career-defining role at the heart of adult social care transformation. Apply for this job

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