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PEOPLE

DCN vice chair awarded peerage

By Martin Ford | 17 October 2022

District Councils’ Network (DCN) vice-chair Sharon Taylor is to step down from the role after bei...

HEALTH

It's never too late to turn things around

By Amreen Qureshi | 17 October 2022

Amreen Qureshi says Truss can yet commit to, and deliver, the levelling up agenda by prioritising...

WHITEHALL

Council audit failures hit Government accounts

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2022

Failures in the local audit market in England and Wales mean central Government has ‘poorer quali...

WHITEHALL

Dilnot calls for £6bn for social care

By Dan Peters | 14 October 2022

The leader of a review into the future of funding social care under the coalition Government has ...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up, scaling down?

By Heather Jameson and Dan Peters | 13 October 2022

Key measures on planning expected to be moved from flagship levelling up Bill.

WHITEHALL

Truss pledges no cuts to spending

By Dan Peters | 13 October 2022

Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she will not cut spending to balance the books.

WHITEHALL

District frustration after county blocks investment zone bid

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2022

Cherwell DC has expressed frustration after its county council blocked a bid to create an investm...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

COSLA and unions oppose centralising care plans

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2022

Unions have joined with the body representing Scottish councils to call for a reversal of care ce...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Where do we stand in such uncertain times?

By Heather Jameson | 12 October 2022

Heather Jameson asks if investment zones will even be in place before an election? 'Or is there a...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Wrong song

11 October 2022

As if things couldn’t get worse for already-embattled Prime Minister Liz Truss.

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council