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HUMAN RESOURCES

Lockwood reappointed as Harrow chief executive

By Jonathan Werran | 05 November 2014

LGA finance and policy director Michael Lockwood is poised to return as Harrow LBC chief executiv...

WHITEHALL

Fierce reaction to staff salaries plan

By Jonathan Werran | 04 November 2014

Government proposals to claw back the salaries of senior council staff who find work within the s...

PAY

Brent's Living Wage discount

By Jonathan Werran | 04 November 2014

Brent LBC has proposed to offer business rates discounts of up to £5,000 to local firms who sign ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

MJ People 6 November

03 November 2014

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

FINANCE

The Spending Review conundrum

By Angela Mitchell | 30 October 2014

Having cut and exhausted the 'low-hanging fruit', public service leaders expect further Spending ...

BUSINESS

Bradford turns to Hemingway

By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014

Bradford MDC’s city solicitor Suzan Hemingway has been appointed as the council’s interim chief e...

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...

FINANCE

How to keep staff when pay is static

By Michael Burton | 27 October 2014

Michael Burton reports from a recent evening debate in Trafford with local government private sec...

PAY

Crisis in care homes, warns report

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 October 2014

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned of a ‘permanent sense of crisis’ in the UK’s care home ...