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WHITEHALL
REVEALED: Productivity plan demands toothless
By Martin Ford | 13 February 2024
Councils have been told Whitehall will be unable to force them to submit productivity plans.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Chiefs back ethnicity pay gap reporting
By Dan Peters | 12 February 2024
Council chiefs have backed proposals that would place a duty on local authorities to collect data...
WHITEHALL
LGA moves towards performance support role
By Dan Peters | 12 February 2024
The Local Government Association (LGA) is to take a more proactive role as it seeks to do more to...
WHITEHALL
Local government figures made peers
By Heather Jameson | 12 February 2024
Local government has been recognised in the latest round of peerages, with two senior figures hea...
FINANCE
Consultation on audit reset proposals launched
By Martin Ford | 09 February 2024
Proposals to reset the local audit system and clear the backlog of accounts have been officially ...
SOLACE
Welcome to a bright future
By Cllr Abi Brown | 06 February 2024
The benefits of developing the sector’s own talent is self-evident, says Cllr Abi Brown. By takin...
WHITEHALL
Extra funding eases the pain for councils
By James Maker | 05 February 2024
Whether MPs really would have voted the finance settlement down, we will never know, says James M...
SOLACE
United we stand
By Graeme McDonald | 05 February 2024
Graeme McDonald says the workforce challenges facing the sector are something that cannot be solv...
FINANCE
MPs demand fundamental reform of council funding
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2024
The Government has been urged by a cross-party committee of MPs to address the ‘out-of-control fi...
ENVIRONMENT
Why flood levy's no longer affordable
By Cllr Paul Redgate | 31 January 2024
As places reel from the impact of recent floods, Cllr Paul Redgate says the Government must deliv...
Chief Executive
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- EXCLUSIVE: Burnham wish for new settlement with sector
- Behind the scenes of this week's reorganisation debacle
- West Surrey Council set to announce chief executive
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
Chief Executive
£205,749 to £224,986
Premium jobNorth Yorkshire Council is seeking an exceptional leader to become our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
£competitive
We are looking for an exceptional senior leader with a strong record of leading change Apply for this job
Assistant Director Finance & Governance and Deputy Section 151 Officer
up to £121,526 + a monthly car allowance of £200 per month + fringe allowance of £753 per annum
You will lead a broad and influential portfolio including finance, revenues and benefits, procurement, audit, risk, insurance and corporate fraud. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Burnham wish for new settlement with sector
- Behind the scenes of this week's reorganisation debacle
- West Surrey Council set to announce chief executive
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
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