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FINANCE

Bradford latest to issue section 114 warning

By Mark Whitehead | 31 October 2023

Bradford City Council has warned it may become the latest to declare an emergency section 114 not...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

High quality properly funded services must underpin levelling up

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 30 October 2023

Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says local government funding needs a reset of business rates growth, a...

FINANCE

Councils are heading for the end of the line

By Andrew Blake-Herbert | 30 October 2023

There’s no time to lose. Financial pressure is mounting on councils and, says Andrew Blake-Herber...

FINANCE

Section 114 'almost inevitable' for Leicester

By Ellie Ames | 30 October 2023

Leicester City Council is ‘rapidly running out of options’ to cut costs and faces financial crisi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Government trust in councils key to devolution

By Paul Marinko | 24 October 2023

Most interviewees for a report on why UK's regional policy hasn't worked were unconvinced about f...

ELECTIONS

The trouble with Oflog

23 October 2023

Council senior officers are broadly united in their view that Oflog will not provide warning of l...

FINANCE

Listen to the local

By Sir Bob Neill | 23 October 2023

Party conferences are long on rhetoric but leave local government with more questions than answer...

FINANCE

s114 a 'last resort,' say finance experts

By Heather Jameson | 19 October 2023

Section 114 notices should be a very last resort when all else fails, local government finance ex...

SCRUTINY

Bouncing back from rock bottom. Local government reimagined

By Adele Gritten – Chief executive, Local Partnerships, @LP_AdeleG | 18 October 2023

Much has been written about Birmingham's downfall but what is much less written about is what to ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Is equal pay really local government's ticking time bomb?

By Gordon McFarlane | 18 October 2023

With equal pay under increasing scrutiny, Gordon McFarlane outlines the best practice the sector ...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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Executive Director of Adult Care Services

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This is an exciting time to be joining Hertfordshire County Council. Apply for this job

Hertfordshire County Council

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Cambridge is a city of global reputation and local pride – a place of ideas, innovation and inclusion. Apply for this job

Cambridge City Council