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FINANCE

Eastern promise?

By Max Wide | 13 April 2015

Mike Bennett and Max Wide fear too many local authorities see commissioning as a new spin on old-...

WHITEHALL

Chiefs criticise Labour's 'monolithic approach'

By Michael Burton | 09 April 2015

Labour plans to subsume local government websites into Whitehall’s Gov.uk platform have come unde...

FINANCE

Next government 'must tackle the crisis in care'

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015

Council services face a hammering in next year’s spending review if the soaring costs of health a...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Current care inspection regime branded 'flawed'

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2015

Three local government groups have warned the current inspection regime for the care of children ...

FINANCE

MJ Future Forum 15: Council chiefs call for inspection overhaul

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015

Senior local government leaders have united over calls to overhaul multi-agency inspection.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Fear and loathing in St Albans

By Mark Rogers | 30 March 2015

SOLACE president Mark Rogers relates what he heard at this year's Future Forum - and what it poss...

HUMAN RESOURCES

SOLACE: Government DIP hit 'chaotic and costly'

27 March 2015

Government measures issued this week aimed at making it easier to dismiss council chief executive...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Budget 2015: Call for more devolution after 'disappointing' deal

By Dan Peters | 18 March 2015

Local government leaders called for ‘greater levels of devolution’ after the West Yorkshire combi...

WHITEHALL

Business rates pilots set to spearhead devolution drive

17 March 2015

Radical plans to overhaul business rates will include devolving up to 100% of the rates to pilot ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'Radical' business rates review launched

By Jonathan Werran | 16 March 2015

Ministers have today promised a ‘radical review’ of business rates could change how firms across ...

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frederica-diamanta

Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

£Competitive

Stevenage is a town with bold ambitions. Apply for this job

Stevenage Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Care Services

£158,000

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

Hertfordshire County Council

Assistant Director - People & Change

Up to £91,625 + generous pension

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

Cambridge City Council