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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...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Share principles to underpin inspection
By Alan Wood | 09 January 2015
Alan Wood proposes using practice leaders to provide peer challenges if you want to boost confide...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Plans to create pool of external experts
By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015
Government moves away from sector-led improvement in children’s services have been criticised day...
WHITEHALL
Efficiencies need 'headroom'
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 January 2015
Local authorities should be given extra financial headroom in exchange for driving further back o...
BUSINESS
Workshop shows ways to offset frontline service cuts
By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015
Senior local government officers will meet in Nottingham next week to hear how Midlands councils ...
BUSINESS
Why better regulation makes better sense
By John Sellgren | 06 January 2015
It’s not rocket science: simpler systems make it easier for the vast majority of businesses to co...
FINANCE
Carpe diem!
By Dave Fergus | 06 January 2015
Balancing diminishing resources with ever increasing service demands is leading many authorities ...
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Highway Asset Manager (Contracts)
£58,310 per annum
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Lead Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial - WMF2715e
£51,356 - £52,412
You will be managing and supervising a designated team. Apply for this job
Director of Neighbourhoods
£143,792
This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing, forward thinking organisation at a pivotal moment. Apply for this job
- Councils face 'capacity crisis' of unspent developer funds
- 'Widespread lack of understanding' to blame for key worker oversight
- Councils record mixed rough sleeping picture
- Leadership in local government is rarely about having full control
- Reorganisation is an opportunity to switch to a more preventative system
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