Welfare

By Martin Ford | 03 February 2022

Local authorities have been tasked with administering a council tax rebate and £144m fund to soft...

FINANCE

Auditor blames backlog on staff 'capacity'

By Martin Ford | 01 February 2022

External auditors have blamed ‘staff capacity’ at Isle of Anglesey CC for a three-year backlog of...

FINANCE

Councils in £1.7m 'amicable separation'

By Martin Ford | 14 January 2022

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has asked neighbouring Dorset for £1.7m to leav...

Protecting London's women and girls

By Cllr Jas Athwal | 06 December 2021

Cllr Jas Athwal says that as we mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Londo...

EDUCATION

Rethinking support for young people

By Anna Smee | 01 December 2021

The Connected Futures Fund seeks to transform how young people are supported into work in places ...

WHITEHALL

Call for investment in homelessness data

By Dan Peters | 08 November 2021

The head of Whitehall’s ‘what works’ centre on homelessness has called for better data infrastruc...

WHITEHALL

IFS reveals scope of Universal Credit

By Michael Burton | 08 November 2021

Budget changes to Universal Credit mean families with well above-average earnings and even paying...

SOCIAL CARE

A bounce back Budget

By Bob Neill | 02 November 2021

We got spending – and lots of it – in the Budget, yet its contents reflected conflict within the ...

WHITEHALL

Councils hit by fund's admin burden

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2021

Frustrated councils are bracing themselves for an administration headache as they work out how to...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Wages and good and bad government

By Mike Emmerich | 20 October 2021

Many communities in the UK would benefit from higher wages, says Mike Emmerich, but does the Prim...

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

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Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

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Nottingham City Council

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council