CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Trusts no 'quick fix' for failures in kids' services

By Sam Clayden | 12 October 2016

Delivering children’s services through a trust is not a ‘quick fix’ solution to failure, an acade...

WHITEHALL

NAO slams DfE's apprenticeship programme

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016

The National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the Department for Education’s (DfE) handling of t...

WHITEHALL

Rate retention to be put under scrutiny

By Dan Peters | 10 August 2016

Business rates retention will come under further scrutiny with a report to be produced by the Nat...

WHITEHALL

Funding fears over Whitehall devo strategy

By Thomas Bridge | 13 July 2016

Whitehall has been warned it is ‘building failure’ into devolution unless it provides more fundin...

FINANCE

Watchdog in HS2 warning

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 June 2016

The promised regeneration benefits from the Government’s controversial HS2 programme may not mate...

WHITEHALL

NAO leader heads to the Cayman Islands

21 June 2016

National Audit Office (NAO) executive leader for local services Sue Higgins will be stepping down...

FINANCE

Details of £300m grant 'not in the public interest'

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2016

The Government has refused to publish key details about how its £300m transitional grant was allo...

FINANCE

Capital spend warning for councils

By Tom Bridge | 15 June 2016

Auditors have warned the risks from shifting council investment in capital programmes must be bet...

FINANCE

Authorities praised for 'sharp' financial focus

By Dan Peters | 15 June 2016

Councils have ‘sharpened up their act’ in their battle for financial sustainability, an expert ha...

FINANCE

NHS chief: Five more years of bed blocking

By Sam Clayden | 07 June 2016

Rising pressures in adult social care could mean at least five more years of bed blocking, the ch...

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Director - Governance

£76,134 – £88,571 (including car allowance)

As the Monitoring Officer you will work as part of the ‘Golden Triangle’ with the Head of Paid Service and s.151 officer Apply for this job

North Herts Council

Director Highways, Transport & Waste Management

up to £120k

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Nottinghamshire County Council

Deputy Director for Education and Inclusion

£110,000 - £120,000 & Benefits

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Oxfordshire County Council

frederica-diamanta

Director - Governance

£76,134 – £88,571 (including car allowance)

As the Monitoring Officer you will work as part of the ‘Golden Triangle’ with the Head of Paid Service and s.151 officer Apply for this job

North Herts Council

Director Highways, Transport & Waste Management

up to £120k

There for Nottinghamshire. There for each other. There for you. Apply for this job

Nottinghamshire County Council

Deputy Director for Education and Inclusion

£110,000 - £120,000 & Benefits

Together, we’re shaping children’s education for the future Apply for this job

Oxfordshire County Council