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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils caught in the middle
By Bob Neill | 13 February 2019
Bob Neill says nailing down a robust framework to strengthen scrutiny is an essential part of the...
SCRUTINY
Risk and commercialisation: Why scrutiny matters
By Ed Hammond | 01 February 2019
Early engagement and streamlining of scrutiny into commercialisation decisions will provide scrut...
SCRUTINY
Time to take stock?
08 January 2019
Diary is well aware of the important job scrutiny councillors do in this crucial time for the sec...
SCRUTINY
More scrutiny in local government?
By Benoit Guerin | 19 December 2018
Benoit Guerin explains why Government should review the case for setting up local Public Accounts...
WHITEHALL
Scrutiny chief in failure warning
By Dan Peters | 10 December 2018
Failure in local government is likely to become more prevalent in the years ahead due to looming ...
WHITEHALL
Scrutiny can reduce Government intervention risk - Kerslake
By Dan Peters | 04 December 2018
Rishi Sunak has called for scrutiny to receive a ‘strong commitment from the top’ of councils ami...
WHITEHALL
Researchers to look at '200-mile long Whitehall screwdriver'
By MJ reporter | 25 October 2018
Experts have laid out their plans to examine whether the Government’s 20-year-old intervention re...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
Lessons from 'failure'
By Ed Hammond | 24 October 2018
In the context of Northamptonshire’s failure and warnings of other councils on the edge of collap...
HOUSE OF COMMONS
The Cox report and its lessons for local government
19 October 2018
It’s time for local government to ask how it deals with poor behaviour in its own workplace in t...
FINANCE
Scrutiny overhaul at Northamptonshire
By Chris Mahony | 21 September 2018
Northamptonshire CC is overhauling its scrutiny function following a scathing report by the Centr...
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Service Director - Finance
£95,212 to £102,389
We need a talented and experienced Service Director of Finance to join us and play a pivotal role Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive (Section 151)
£120,536 to £129,500
Strategic Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive (Section 151) Apply for this job
Service Director - Education
£95,212 to £102,389
This is a great time to join our Children’s Services senior leadership team as a Service Director for Education where you’ll provide system leadership Apply for this job
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