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FINANCE
Building a post-merger Bucks
By Clive Jones | 11 July 2023
Clive Jones describes how merging five councils into one unitary authority led to a streamlined r...
FINANCE
Councils left in lurch over housing benefit assurance
By Dan Peters | 10 July 2023
Scores of councils have been left in the lurch after failing to find an auditor to carry out thei...
WHITEHALL
Call for Government to share more data with councils
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2023
Councils are struggling to reach households hit by the cost of living crisis due to the Governmen...
BUSINESS
Call for removal of council tax prison threat
By Rachel Salveta | 24 May 2023
England should follow Scotland and Wales by removing the threat of prison for the non-payment of ...
TRANSFORMATION
Making a modern digital council
By Rob Miller | 10 May 2023
Philip Glanville and Rob Miller set out how Hackney LBC is playing a key role in progressing digi...
WELFARE
Councils better placed to deliver welfare than DWP, leaders claim
By Martin Ford | 26 April 2023
Sector representatives were brought before the Work and Pensions Committee to hear their experien...
WHITEHALL
Childcare warning after Budget announcement
By Mark Conrad | 21 March 2023
Wider reform of childcare will be needed if ministers are to deliver a sustainable wraparound sys...
WELFARE
People need help right now
By Marvin Rees | 01 March 2023
Bristol’s culture of collaboration fostered through its One City approach has enabled the city to...
WHITEHALL
Survey throws doubt on prompt energy bill help
By Dan Peters | 21 February 2023
Seven in 10 councils do not expect to be able to dole out a key winter energy bill grant until th...
WELFARE
Council benefits teams struggling, auditors warn
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2023
People are waiting longer for housing benefit claims while Scotland’s councils face soaring workl...
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Director of Law and Governance
up to £140,445 per annum
Leading with integrity. Governing with confidence. Delivering for Islington. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
c.£235,000
In April 2027, West Surrey Council will become one of England's largest new unitary authorities Apply for this job
Business Manager – Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership (KSCP)
£54,703 - £60,044
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
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