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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Council's senior management team praised

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2014

Northamptonshire CC’s senior management team has been praised by the independent chair of the cou...

HEALTH

Playing it safe?

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2014

Dan Peters reports from a recent round table in which chief executives weighed up the biggest imp...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

MJ People 13 November

11 November 2014

HEALTH

Watchdog criticises Better Care Fund planning

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 November 2014

Care bosses have called for better long-term financial planning following a report by the Nationa...

LEGAL

Legal heads' association president steps down after tribunal ruling

By Michael Burton | 06 November 2014

Essex CC’s Philip Thomson has stepped down as president of the council legal heads’ association p...

HUMAN RESOURCES

A fair price for effective leadership?

By Gillian Quinton | 03 November 2014

Gillian Quinton argues the case for a radical new approach to executive reward in the public sector

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Alastair Gibbons appointed Birmingham DCS

By Jonathan Werran | 29 October 2014

Birmingham City Council has appointed Alastair Gibbons as the new executive director of the autho...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care heads warned to prepare for Care Act demands

By MJ reporter | 28 October 2014

Social care managers should fully understand their new legal duties under the Care Act and prepar...

WHITEHALL

Ministers to outline 'boomerang boss' payout curbs

By Jonathan Werran | 28 October 2014

Ministers will today announce further details of laws aimed at preventing senior council managers...

HEALTH

People power will force council behaviour change

By Simon Parker | 27 October 2014

We are going to need fewer public services and more services that empower the public to survive t...