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ADULT SOCIAL CARE

No extra social care funding for struggling councils

By Martin Ford | 13 March 2023

A minister said councils would receive further support if they were found to be in need of improv...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Minister mounts Oflog defence

By Martin Ford | 10 March 2023

Local government minister Lee Rowley told councillors to ‘judge us by what we do, not what you wo...

WHITEHALL

LGA to beef up council oversight amid Oflog fears

By Heather Jameson | 07 March 2023

The Local Government Association has revealed plans to beef up its oversight of councils in an ef...

IMPROVEMENT

LGA must show teeth as it beefs up peer review

By Heather Jameson | 07 March 2023

The new watchdog Oflog indicates the Government’s belief that it can’t quite trust the Local Gove...

WHITEHALL

Ministers set to hire chief for new watchdog

27 February 2023

Ministers are set to launch a recruitment drive for a chief executive and ‘full advisory board’ f...

WHITEHALL

Watchdog will 'protect' councils, says Rowley

By Heather Jameson | 23 February 2023

The Office for Local Government (Oflog) will provide a ‘protective shield’ for councils when it l...

WHITEHALL

Performance body planned, but no league table return

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2023

Whitehall officials have told the sector they do not intend to create league tables as they push ...

HEALTH

Sector given role in NHS plan

By Paul Marinko | 31 January 2023

Local government will join an ‘expert group’ with the voluntary and community sector and care pro...

PEOPLE

EXCLUSIVE: Former audit head lined up for new watchdog

By Heather Jameson | 08 December 2022

A former head of the National Audit Office (NAO) is to chair the new local government watchdog.

LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

Oflog centralisation fears

By Martin Ford | 29 November 2022

MPs have heard fresh fears that the new Office for Local Government (Oflog) will lead to further ...

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frederica-diamanta

Operational Manager - Highways Construction

£54,495 - £58, 462

As a senior manager in the service, you will be responsible for the operational management of the Highways Operations team Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Director of Law and Governance (Monitoring Officer)

£146,572

We power three vibrant coastal towns full of possibility, and our momentum is impossible to ignore. Apply for this job

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Senior Litigation Lawyer

£53,506.44 p.a

Are you ready to take your legal career to new heights.. Apply for this job

Broxbourne Borough Council

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