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FINANCE
Think-tank's call for landfill tax devolution
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024
A think-tank has called for a portion of the proceeds from landfill tax to be devolved to councils.
WHITEHALL
Oflog co-design promises have been broken, say councils
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024
Ministerial promises to ‘co-design’ the Office for Local Government (Oflog) with the sector have ...
HEALTH
Devolve NHS England's £168bn budget to local government, says report
By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024
NHS England’s £168bn budget should be handed to local government in a radical restructure, the Re...
RECRUITMENT
'Access all areas'
By Rebecca Rampat | 26 March 2024
Jonathan Swain and Rebecca Rampat from executive recruitment specialists McLean Public highlight ...
SOCIAL CARE
Deployment of AI technologies must be guided by a robust framework
26 March 2024
The local government sector knows the best ways to serve local communities and is best placed to ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Complex funding stymies net-zero push
By Mark Conrad | 25 March 2024
A ‘complex web’ of hard-to-reach Whitehall funding pots is hampering councils’ net-zero initiativ...
FINANCE
Future Forum: Resource warning over assurance demands
By Martin Ford | 21 March 2024
The Local Government Association (LGA) warned the Government that ‘assurance takes resource’ at T...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Officer-councillor tensions affecting outcomes, review finds
By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2024
‘Clear and obvious tensions’ between Teignbridge DC’s executive and senior leadership team are ‘i...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
A first step in tackling abuse
By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2024
As the Government finally moves to introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse, councils ...
WHITEHALL
LGA warning over XL Bully dogs ban
By Mark Conrad | 19 March 2024
Councils face a double whammy of soaring costs and declining police support as they try to enforc...
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Director Children’s Social Care (Family Help and Safeguarding)
£104,196 (plus pay award pending)
You’ll join a supportive and ambitious leadership environment, with strong corporate Apply for this job
Assistant Director Housing
£111,533 to £119,774 plus relocation support
Housing is one of the most high profile and closely scrutinised areas in local government Apply for this job
Partnership and Improvement Manager SEND WMF2888e
£51,356 to £52,413
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Apply for this job
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