The case for partnerships
PARTNERSHIPS

The case for partnerships

By Chris Luck | 16 August 2024

Partnerships, not profiteering, are the future for commissioning great children’s services, says Chris Luck

WHITEHALL

'Too costly to answer our own questions'

By Dan Peters | 18 July 2024

Whitehall has claimed it would be too costly to answer the same questions councils have been aske...

LABOUR

Tirelessly toiling for us all

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2024

Elections couldn’t happen without the hard work of local government – yet it has been rarely ment...

FINANCE

Roll on the robots

By Tracie Langley | 03 July 2024

Improving productivity everywhere involves optimising resource use to deliver better outcomes for...

WHITEHALL

Helping folk stay afloat

By Chris Naylor | 25 June 2024

Chris Naylor says his intuitively simple vision is for a neighbourhood-based preventative state –...

COUNCIL TAX

Highlighting the barriers to productivity

By Tracy Bingham | 18 June 2024

With productivity plans being finalised in councils country-wide, Tracy Bingham says she is 'look...

HEALTH

Lessons for Labour from the economic frontline

By Liz Zeidler | 18 June 2024

Liz Zeidler looks at what regional mayors can teach the incoming government about creating a thri...

HEALTH

Removing poverty's toll on health

By Greg Fell | 11 June 2024

As well as tackling the current poverty crisis, the next government must take a long-term, preven...

REORGANISATION

Pondering productivity

By Ian Miller | 11 June 2024

When councils are being asked to finalise productivity plans, the sight of a Royal Mail employee ...

PRODUCTIVITY

So good he sent it twice

04 June 2024

Ministers have demanded councils improve their productivity but Diary wonders whether the Departm...

WHITEHALL

Hoare: We still want productivity plans

By Dan Peters | 30 May 2024

Local government minister Simon Hoare has insisted he still wants councils to draw up unpopular p...

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Chief Financial Officer

£101,159 (pay award pending)

Inverclyde may be one of Scotland’s smallest local authority areas, but there is still plenty going on. Apply for this job

Inverclyde Council

Director of Finance and Legal (Section 151 Officer)

£140,174

The council’s commitment to asset-based change and reform alongside its communities. Apply for this job

Wigan Council

Group Director Finance and Corporate Resources

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Leading the development of the medium-term financial strategy. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

frederica-diamanta

Chief Financial Officer

£101,159 (pay award pending)

Inverclyde may be one of Scotland’s smallest local authority areas, but there is still plenty going on. Apply for this job

Inverclyde Council

Director of Finance and Legal (Section 151 Officer)

£140,174

The council’s commitment to asset-based change and reform alongside its communities. Apply for this job

Wigan Council

Group Director Finance and Corporate Resources

up to £178k

Leading the development of the medium-term financial strategy. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council