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WHITEHALL

Call for greater LEP transparency

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2016

Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) must be covered by the Freedom of Information Act to prevent...

ROTHERHAM ABUSE

'Several' councils on Whitehall watch list

By Sam Clayden | 05 July 2016

After claiming success in Tower Hamlets and Rotherham, local government minister Marcus Jones has...

FINANCE

Tory leadership race: Where are candidates on local government?

By Heather Jameson | 05 July 2016

As Conservative MPs prepare to cast their votes in the first ballot in the leadership race with T...

FINANCE

Five Kent districts look at merger options

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 July 2016

Five district councils in Kent are to discuss merging into a single authority this month.

FINANCE

PAC concerned about devolution oversight

By Sam Clayden | 01 July 2016

MPs have raised fresh concerns about the oversight and implementation of devolution deals as loca...

FINANCE

How to create the winning team

By Claire Mansfield | 29 June 2016

The New Local Government Network (NLGN) has produced research on the relationship between council...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Groundbreaking work on child safeguarding

By Sue Williams | 29 June 2016

Sue Williams explains how Hertfordshire CC used support from the Government’s Innovation Fund to ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Open scrutiny on government interventions

By Dan Peters | 29 June 2016

Dan Peters examines government intervention in children’s services and asks whether greater trans...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Officers could be identified under future Ofsted rules

By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2016

Poor performing local authority chief executives and their management teams could be named and sh...

SCRUTINY

Council 'failed' to safeguard taxi passengers

By Laura Sharman | 23 June 2016

South Ribble Council had failed to make the safety of taxi passengers a priority when issuing lic...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council