WHITEHALL

Rudd delays Universal Credit rollout

By Naomi Larsson | 07 January 2019

Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has delayed the next phase of the Universal Credit (UC) ro...

FINANCE

Listen to local government to avoid Universal Credit disaster

11 December 2018

If 'managed migration' - moving more than four million claimants of legacy benefits on to Univer...

WHITEHALL

Government 'in denial' over cuts impact

By Mike Yuille | 19 November 2018

The Government is in a ‘state of denial’ over the damage it is doing through cuts to council fund...

WHITEHALL

Universal Credit bad for people's health - academics

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2018

Universal Credit (UC) is bad for health and wellbeing, academics have found in a new study commis...

WHITEHALL

Ending the cycle of homelessness

07 November 2018

Chief executive of Craven DC, Paul Shevlin, says councils need more funding and affordable housin...

WHITEHALL

Budget 2018: Billion-pound Universal Credit pledge

By Martin Ford | 29 October 2018

Chancellor Philip Hammond today pledged £1bn in an attempt to ease benefits claimants’ transition...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall 'dismissed' councils' concerns over Universal Credit

By Martin Ford | 26 October 2018

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is ‘disturbingly adrift from the real-world problems’ ...

WHITEHALL

Furious LGA attacks Universal Support decision

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2018

Smith Square has penned a stinging rebuke to a senior civil servant over Whitehall’s shock decisi...

WHITEHALL

SOLACE: 'It's no way to run a country,' says Miller

By Heather Jameson | 19 October 2018

The current state of public finances are ‘no way to run a country,’ SOLACE president Jo Miller to...

WELFARE

soapbox

By Paul Wheeler | 17 October 2018

Paul Wheeler is 'taking a break from Brexit Britain' to spend a year in the German capital while ...

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frederica-diamanta

Housing Assurance Service Manager

£55,675 - £56,649

We’re building a brand-new assurance team in our Homes & Neighbourhoods service Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Director of Planning and Economy

£104,464 (plus generous pension and benefits)

Southend-on-Sea is one of the UK’s newest cities, and this is a fascinating time to join us as we shape our future. Apply for this job

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Team Manager & Senior Lawyer - Commercial & Contracts

£55,997- £63,189 per annum

Warwickshire Legal Services is growing. Apply for this job

Warwickshire County Council