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WHITEHALL
Knee-jerk regulation is not the answer to failure
By Michael Burton | 20 June 2023
Michael Burton says that in the wake of financial losses at Woking, Thurrock and elsewhere, the a...
FINANCE
Sector in regulation rift days before Oflog launch
By Martin Ford | 20 June 2023
Sector splits on regulation remain just days before the expected launch of the Office for Local G...
WHITEHALL
Usable reserves drop 11%
By Dan Peters | 19 June 2023
Usable reserves held by English councils dropped by 11% in 2022-23, according to analysis of 116 ...
DEVOLUTION
Blueprint for a mayor
By Megan Ingle | 14 June 2023
Ed Hammond and Megan Ingle reflect on good mayoral governance and the attributes that make for an...
FINANCE
The uncertainty principle
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 13 June 2023
Council finances are fragile after 13 years of cuts and an extended period of uncertainty, and mu...
LONDON COUNCILS
London wants to support genuine sector-led improvement
By Alison Griffin | 13 June 2023
Oflog has the potential to be part of a drive to improve local public services, but achieving thi...
FINANCE
Swimming against the financial tide
By Heather Jameson | 06 June 2023
Heather Jameson says without the powers to clamp down on those who go too far there will be restr...
WHITEHALL
Fresh LGA warning over Oflog
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2023
A senior Local Government Association (LGA) figure has warned ministers’ ‘unnecessary and unhelpf...
FINANCE
Harris to take interest in Oflog-audit interplay
By Dan Peters | 26 May 2023
The Financial Reporting Council’s first director of local audit wants to take a closer look at th...
WHITEHALL
Whitehall lobbied to expand Oflog metrics
By Dan Peters | 22 May 2023
Parts of the sector are pushing Whitehall officials to expand new watchdog Oflog’s metrics despit...
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Camden Learning is a pioneering schools-led partnership bringing together 57 schools. Apply for this job
Service Manager, Children in Care
£60,532 - £63,895 per annum
This is a pivotal role, created to provide dedicated leadership and advocacy for children in care Apply for this job
Director of Education and Learning
Up to £141,000
We're looking for an exceptional leader to become our next Director of Education and Learning. Apply for this job
- Rayner orders review of local government reorganisation
- Devolution: moving power from Whitehall to local government
- Scottish local government system to be overhauled
- Replumbing Britain's growth model: how to unlock place-based investment
- Devolution is transforming transport and more in the Liverpool City Region
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