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FINANCE
Will the figures actually add up?
By Michael Burton | 14 March 2017
Michael Burton looks at key public finance issues highlighted in the Institute for Fiscal Studies...
FINANCE
Collaborative working is the key
By Saffron Cordery | 14 March 2017
In response to an article in The MJ last week calling for councils to take control of the health ...
FINANCE
The Budget reaffirms the need for fiscal freedom
By Bob Neill | 14 March 2017
Bob Neill examines the details of the chancellor’s Budget and looks at why local government needs...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Saving cash, solving skills shortages
By David Johnston | 14 March 2017
Councils have come under scrutiny for their reliance on costly agency social workers amid a chron...
SOCIAL CARE
Crisis? What crisis?
14 March 2017
Diary is worried because it keeps reading about crises that appear to be engulfing almost every f...
WHITEHALL
Benefit changes warning
By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017
Hackney LBC has warned MPs about the Government’s attempt to ‘rush through’ benefit changes to th...
FINANCE
One in three upper-tier councils face 'severe financial challenges'
By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017
At least one in three of England’s 152 upper-tier councils are facing ‘severe financial challenge...
HEALTH
'Ambitious' health integration plans look to be 'scaled back'
By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017
The Government has scaled back on achieving full health and social care integration by 2020, it h...
FINANCE
local authorities must draw on the power of community assets
By Ewan King | 13 March 2017
Ewan King says it is time to push forward with an asset-based approach to social care that builds...
FINANCE
Safeguard reforms could save councils billions
By Sam Clayden | 13 March 2017
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are ‘unfit for purpose’ and must be scrapped immediately...
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Chief Executive
£188,576 - £201,902 (pay award pending)
Join us for a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK’s newest and most ambitious councils Apply for this job
Finance Development Accountant
Band I (£55,609 to £59,025)
Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
LGR Programme Director
Up to £120k
This is a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government in Worcestershire. Apply for this job
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