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FINANCE

Croydon issues third section 114 notice

By Mark Conrad | 22 November 2022

Croydon LBC has issued its third section 114 notice in three years, admitting it will not be able...

WHITEHALL

Solace: Capital spending will shrink overall

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2022

Capital spending in local government will still shrink overall despite chancellor Jeremy Hunt dec...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Autumn Statement: The coming years will be extraordinarily difficult

By Rob Whiteman CBE | 21 November 2022

The chancellor hopes for growth by balancing tax rises and spending restraint, but the statement ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Warning over councillor-officer problems

By Mark Conrad | 21 November 2022

A governance review of Southampton City Council has warned the authority’s new administration cou...

WHITEHALL

Autumn Statement: The pain has just been deferred

By Jessica Studdert | 18 November 2022

If the Government’s priority was stability, the Autumn Statement failed to deliver, says Jessica ...

WHITEHALL

Tories push ministers to scrap 'top-down housing targets'

By Dan Peters | 16 November 2022

Conservative backbenchers are pushing ministers to scrap ‘top-down housing targets imposed by the...

BUSINESS

'Many chiefs have the wrong view of good' – Whiteman

By Paul Marinko | 16 November 2022

The chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has crit...

WHITEHALL

'Don't scrap Ukraine homes scheme'

By Martin Ford | 16 November 2022

The Government has been urged not to scrap the Homes for Ukraine scheme amid reports it could fal...

WHITEHALL

Rural services 'may be lost' without funding formula

By Mark Conrad | 16 November 2022

Ministers should implement the 2013-14 funding formula which promised to improve rural finances b...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Tip of the iceberg

16 November 2022

Regular readers will recall that Bright Blue, the libertarian think-tank, last week called for ma...

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Executive Director of Place and Customer

up to £179,404 per annum

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Essex County Council

Director of Social Work and Social Care

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Housing Ombudsman

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director of Place and Customer

up to £179,404 per annum

Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Director of Social Work and Social Care

£100,731 to £104,625

You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job

Trafford Council

Housing Ombudsman

£130,095 per annum, negotiable based on experience.

The Housing Ombudsman Service allows colleagues to choose if they wish to work in the London office, from home or a hybrid of the two Apply for this job

Housing Ombudsman Service

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