Squaring the housing need circle
HOMELESSNESS

Squaring the housing need circle

By Abdool Kara | 23 August 2024

Councils not planning to meet today’s housing need, let alone that of generations to come, are not fulfilling one of the core roles of any government, says Abdool Kara

LOCAL AUDIT

Beyond the local audit backstop

By Paul Dossett | 16 August 2024

Paul Dossett reviews the reasons for the delays in audited accounts and says long-term solutions ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

A forum first for the Midlands

By Michael Burton | 14 August 2024

Following the success of its 24-hour forums in the South and North of England The MJ’s first Futu...

HOMELESSNESS

Homelessness pressures 'unsustainable'

By Martin Ford | 23 July 2024

Councils face ‘unsustainable financial pressure’ due to record levels of homelessness, according ...

AUDIT

Audit reset requires 'different attitude'

By Martin Ford | 02 July 2024

A ‘whole different attitude’ to local audit is required to rescue the system from crisis, the Pub...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Getting public infrastructure back on track

By Mark Robinson | 18 June 2024

We have reached a critical juncture for public infrastructure, says Mark Robinson. Accelerated pr...

WHITEHALL

Auditors add to council biometric warnings

By Mark Conrad | 20 May 2024

A spending watchdog has echoed councils’ concerns that biometric entry requirements at UK ports c...

FINANCE

Gauging the benefit of productivity plans

By Abdool Kara | 30 April 2024

At the least the new Government requirement for productivity plans will give a platform for autho...

WHITEHALL

NAO warning over childcare reforms

By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024

Just one in 10 councils predict they will meet the deadline to create 85,000 Government-funded ch...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

41st time lucky?

22 April 2024

After four decades of different initiatives which have failed to boost growth, Professor Martin J...

WHITEHALL

Hopes for regen scheme revived after Home Office scales back asylum plan

By Mark Conrad | 20 March 2024

A £300m council-led regeneration scheme threatened when Whitehall commandeered the site for asylu...

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Cyber Security Principal Lead

Band I SCP 44-47 (£52,571 - £55,800 Per Annum)

We are seeking a Cyber Security Principal Lead to join Sandwell Council’s ICT Services, within the Finance and Transformation Directorate. Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Service Charge Manager RBKC618782

£55,497 - £63,045 per annum

Are you an inspirational housing professional with an impressive track record of delivering high quality service charges and rents? Apply for this job

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council

Corporate Director of Children and Family Services

£142,950 - £157,041

Forged through an industrial past, Stoke-on-Trent is a city with creativity and kindness at its heart. Apply for this job

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

frederica-diamanta

Cyber Security Principal Lead

Band I SCP 44-47 (£52,571 - £55,800 Per Annum)

We are seeking a Cyber Security Principal Lead to join Sandwell Council’s ICT Services, within the Finance and Transformation Directorate. Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Service Charge Manager RBKC618782

£55,497 - £63,045 per annum

Are you an inspirational housing professional with an impressive track record of delivering high quality service charges and rents? Apply for this job

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council

Corporate Director of Children and Family Services

£142,950 - £157,041

Forged through an industrial past, Stoke-on-Trent is a city with creativity and kindness at its heart. Apply for this job

Stoke-on-Trent City Council