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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 ...
WHITEHALL
Casey: Involve councils in sorting Universal Credit
By Dan Peters | 16 October 2018
Whitehall must use the expertise of councils to sort out Universal Credit (UC), a former senior G...
WHITEHALL
McVey: Some people will be worse off under Universal Credit
By Dan Peters | 12 October 2018
Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey has admitted that some people will be worse off as a res...
FINANCE
Councils' concern over Universal Support withdrawal
By Martin Ford | 08 October 2018
Councils have reacted with dismay after the Government handed support for the Universal Credit (U...
FINANCE
McDonnell calls for end to Universal Credit
By Martin Ford | 08 October 2018
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has called for Universal Credit to be scrapped.
WHITEHALL
Universal Credit chief admits support is not working
By Martin Ford | 01 October 2018
The civil servant in charge of the Universal Credit rollout has admitted support for claimants ha...
WHITEHALL
Measuring poverty to help solve the problem
By Deven Ghelani | 23 September 2018
We need to measure poverty to be able to hold the Government to account and to tackle the problem...
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Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
Joint Assistant Director Commercial Investment
£93,097 - £100,255
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
Joint Assistant Director Place
£93,097 - £100,255
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
- Councils cutting services to pay for social care, think tank warns
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