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FINANCE
We have a financial mountain to climb
By Peter Stuart | 20 January 2015
Local government needs to find further cuts – and we may only be 30% through the programme accord...
WHITEHALL
Just how serious are we about sector-led improvement?
By Heather Jameson | 20 January 2015
As the Local Government Association (LGA) launches its consultation documents on sector-led impro...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Tackling CSE needs more 'statutory teeth'
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015
Chief executives have been urged to provide challenge as well as support to their council’s effor...
HEALTH
RSP fails to reflect 40% cut in grants say councils
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015
Town halls have attacked the Government’s revenue spending power (RSP) calculation for failing to...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA demands changes to Ofsted's 'blinkered' inspection regime
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015
Councils in England and Wales have called for an overhaul in the way children’s services are insp...
HUMAN RESOURCES
LGA loses Raynes to new job
15 January 2015
Head of programmes at the Local Government Association (LGA), Paul Raynes, has announced he is le...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall to increase use of 'external experts' to aid failing children's services
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015
External experts will be increasingly called in to support weak or failing children’s social care...
FINANCE
Striking the best deal for councils in 2015
By Cllr David Sparks | 12 January 2015
Chair of the Local Government Association, Cllr David Sparks, sets out Smith Square's lobbying go...
FINANCE
Tri-district partnership to discuss shared chief executive
By Jamie Hailstone | 12 January 2015
A partnership of three district councils in Dorset could be run by one shared chief executive, ac...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Now we are six
By Joseph Cormack | 09 January 2015
The Local Government Challenge returns for another year, stretching the abilities of 10 would-be...
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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
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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
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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