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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Charting a course through tricky waters
By Donna Molloy | 01 August 2020
Without significant extra funding, many councils and their partners will struggle during COVID-19...
WHITEHALL
Ministers: Don't rely on more funding
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2020
Ministers have warned councils not to rely on more funding on top of the announcements made so far.
HOMELESSNESS
Dame Louise Casey to get peerage
By Heather Jameson | 31 July 2020
Dame Louise Casey has been nominated to sit in the House of Lords as a crossbench peer in the lat...
WHITEHALL
CIPFA calls for strengthening of council borrowing rules
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2020
Legislation governing the rules on council borrowing should be strengthened, the Chartered Instit...
WHITEHALL
Plan to hand social care to NHS is for 'wrong reasons'
By Heather Jameson | 29 July 2020
Plans to hand social care to the NHS are being mooted for ‘all the wrong reasons,’ local governme...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Havering stands by investigation lead choice
By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020
Havering LBC has insisted the officer chosen to lead an investigation into gerrymandering and mis...
WHITEHALL
LEP Network comes out fighting ahead of White Paper
By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020
The chair of the network that supports local enterprise partnerships (LEP) has come out fighting ...
HOUSING
Ministers to extend Help to Buy
By Michael Burton | 28 July 2020
Ministers are drawing up plans to extend the Help to Buy scheme after housebuilders warned buyers...
DATA
Councils get faster data insights to boost their COVID-19 recovery
By Deven Ghelani | 26 July 2020
Policy in Practice has secured new funding from Innovate UK, meaning councils will now have acces...
FINANCE
Ministers deny Town's fund cronyism
By Heather Jameson | 21 July 2020
Ministers have denied allegations that they favoured Conservative areas when they distributed mon...
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Executive Director Adult Social Care and Health (DASS)
£161,239 - £177,363 plus benefits
This is not a maintenance role. It is a transformation leadership opportunity: to bring services and cultures together. Apply for this job
Assistant Director of Legal and Governance (Deputy Monitoring Officer)
£91,639 to £99,427
We are seeking someone with a strong grounding in local government law and governance, or experience gained in a similar environment. Apply for this job
Head of Major Projects
MG 1/2 -£86,283 - £93,102 per annum
Help shape Merton’s future Apply for this job
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