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WHITEHALL
'Productive talks' will help SOLACE work with Treasury
By Thomas Bridge | 09 September 2015
Council self-sustainability and housing were on the agenda when the Society of Local Authority Ch...
BUSINESS
West Somerset 'teetering on the edge'
By Thomas Bridge | 09 September 2015
A council on the road to recovery after being deemed ‘not viable’ by the Local Government Associa...
WHITEHALL
Devo bids process blasted for promoting 'short-term' plans
By Dan Peters | 03 September 2015
A senior sector figure has suggested the Treasury’s devolution bid process encourages a short-ter...
WHITEHALL
Public health cut 'short-sighted'
By Dan Peters | 28 August 2015
The Government’s proposed in-year cut to the public health budget is ‘short-sighted, short-term a...
WHITEHALL
Chief executives criticise exit payment cap
By Dan Peters | 27 August 2015
Council chief executives have given short shrift to government plans for a new £95,000 cap on exi...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
One Year From Jay: Rotherham could 'win back powers in 2017'
By Dan Peters | 25 August 2015
The head of the intervention team sent in to turn around Rotherham MBC hopes to hand back ‘some o...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Local government is missing important trick
By Mark Rogers | 18 August 2015
Mark Rogers says devolution has pitched council against council and LEP against LEP while central...
HEALTH
No quiet summer for lawyers
By Bev Cullen | 18 August 2015
Summer is not a quiet time for local government lawyers, as the summer break provides an opportun...
FINANCE
Whitehall to examine cost of children's care
By Dan Peters | 18 August 2015
The Government will commission work to find out more about children’s services demand and expendi...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Fears raised over inspection plans
By MJ reporter | 12 August 2015
Plans for new joint targeted area inspections (JTAI) for children’s services would ‘represent a s...
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- Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
- EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Basildon pauses chief executive search
- Rewiring the state: The case for a 50 to state pension age labour market measure
- EXCLUSIVE: Councils told to 'avoid publicity' over business rates refunds
- Scottish councils reject reorganisation
Associate Director – Acquisitions, Compliance & Maintenance
£111,579 - £122,596
Shape Dudley’s future through bold investment, safe homes and transformational estate leadership. Apply for this job
Associate Director – Streetscene
£96,064 - £107,932
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an exceptional leader to join our senior leadership team as Associate Director – Streetscene Apply for this job
Executive Director of Housing
£172,260 - £178,848
We will look to you to strengthen regulatory readiness, compliance and building safety; improve repairs Apply for this job
- Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
- EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Basildon pauses chief executive search
- Rewiring the state: The case for a 50 to state pension age labour market measure
- EXCLUSIVE: Councils told to 'avoid publicity' over business rates refunds
- Scottish councils reject reorganisation
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