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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Funding withheld from LEPs
By Dan Peters | 30 September 2019
Five local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have had capacity funding withheld in 2019/20 because t...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Northamptonshire shadow elections set for May 2020
By Martin Ford | 23 September 2019
Laws paving the way for the reorganisation of local government in Northamptonshire will pass thro...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Wheatley at 50 – plus ça change?
By Bill Howat | 04 September 2019
In 1969, the Wheatley review of Scottish local government said something was seriously wrong with...
MANAGEMENT
How do you close down a council?
30 July 2019
Two new unitaries – Dorset Council and BCP Council – came into being on 1 April this year. Mike H...
TRANSFORMATION
Final reflections
By Allen Graham | 24 July 2019
The MJ columnist Allen Graham has stood down as chief executive of Rushcliffe BC. He says the sec...
WHITEHALL
Brokenshire in unitary unanimity move
By Paul Marinko | 23 July 2019
Future unitary bids will only be considered if they are ‘coalescing around a single option,’ the ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Unitaries are the best way to strengthen local government's economic role, says Lord Kerslake
By Ann McGauran | 25 June 2019
The former head of the civil service Lord Bob Kerslake has come down firmly in favour of unitarie...
FINANCE
United view?
By Ann McGauran | 12 June 2019
Chair of the LGA Lord Porter says the smaller unitaries have ‘probably a larger number of council...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Call for leader to quit after 'repeated failures'
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2019
Shadow local government secretary Andrew Gwynne has called for Northamptonshire CC leader, Matt G...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The biggest challenge in local government
By Heather Jameson | 22 May 2019
Last week, James Brokenshire announced the reorganisation of Northamptonshire CC – a year later t...
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Registered Manager - Children's Home - WMF2945e
£51,356 - £52,413 (plus an additional market factor supplement of £7,842)
Are you looking for a role that offers more than just career progression? Apply for this job
Director of Quality and Safeguarding
£100,731 - £104,625
Trafford is a borough with ambition at its heart. Apply for this job
Senior Lawyer (Housing)
£55,296 - £60,286 per annum
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Lawyer (Housing) to join us! Apply for this job
- London borough chief to retire
- Exclusive: Reorganisation 'heaps further pressure' on children's leadership
- MHCLG praises council capability on housing
- MHCLG's questions about structural change orders threaten relationships in Gloucestershire
- Exclusive: Rural and urban council funding 'more or less' the same
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