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Council collection rates under scrutiny

By Jonathan Werran | 25 November 2014

A spending watchdog has urged local authorities to improve efforts to recoup more than £4.5bn in ...

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Pioneering councils to invest in LGA MBA

By Dan Peters | 25 November 2014

Councils that will be among the first to invest in the Local Government Association’s (LGA) new m...

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Pressure growing for welfare fund U-turn

By Dan Peters | 25 November 2014

Councils have called for the Government to continue to fund local welfare provision amid criticis...

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Sparks relinquishes Dudley role

By Jonathan Werran | 24 November 2014

Chair of the Local Government Association, Cllr David Sparks, has stood down with immediate effec...

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Showdown talks for LEP Network future

By Dominic Browne | 21 November 2014

The central organisation for coordinating the work of England’s 39 local enterprise partnerships ...

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A sellers' market

By Vincent King | 21 November 2014

With many more authorities keen to sell services rather than buy-in, councils should be realistic...

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Crisis commissioners?

By Stephen Hughes | 21 November 2014

The recent Tower Hamlets intervention underlines the importance of statutory officer posts and re...

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DCLG 'clueless' over impact of council cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 18 November 2014

Spending watchdogs have told the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to do mor...

WHITEHALL

Let councils write their own job specs

By Heather Jameson | 18 November 2014

Central government needs to massively scale back on statutory duties and give councils the chance...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Tower Hamlets cautions Pickles over intervention

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles is facing calls to scale back the proposed powers of the commi...

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Head of Commissioning - Age Well

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Walsall Council

Director of Governance (Monitoring Officer)

Up to £121,776

Step into Leadership. Shape the Future. Apply for this job

Walsall Council

Director of Commissioning and Partnerships

Up to £121,776

Shape the Future of Commissioning in Walsall Apply for this job

Walsall Council