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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Income gap widest in deprived areas
By Martin Ford | 25 May 2021
The Office for National Statistics found the most deprived council areas have the biggest dispari...
WELFARE
'Alarming' rise in child poverty in North East
By Martin Ford | 19 May 2021
Research has found the top 10 local authority areas with the greatest increase in child poverty w...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Powell becomes shadow housing secretary in mini-reshuffle
By Michael Burton | 10 May 2021
Labour leader Keir Starmer has replaced his shadow housing secretary and brought in a high-flyer ...
EDUCATION
A sense of hope for the future
20 April 2021
The new president of the ADCS Charlotte Ramsden talks to Ann McGauran about her aim of making thi...
LONDON COUNCILS
Casey launches fight against hunger
By Heather Jameson | 08 December 2020
A coalition of councils and charities, headed by Dame Louise Casey, have launched a campaign to s...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Councils are the counterbalance
By Claire Fox | 16 November 2020
Priorities seem to have ‘become skewed by COVID-related policy-making on all sides of politics’, ...
FINANCE
Councils welcome £170m COVID winter grant scheme
By Laura Sharman | 09 November 2020
A new £170m COVID winter grant scheme will be distributed to councils to stop children going hung...
WHITEHALL
£63m hardship fund was not meant to pay for free school meals
By Heather Jameson | 27 October 2020
The £63m ‘hardship fund’ ministers claim should be enough for councils to help hungry schoolkids ...
WHITEHALL
Councils step in after government rejects Rashford campaign
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020
Councils around the country have quickly stepped in after the Government voted against providing ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Pulling children out of poverty
By Jenny Coles | 06 October 2020
Poverty is not inevitable or ‘someone else’s problem’. President of the ADCS Jenny Coles looks at...
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Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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