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WHITEHALL

Councils complain about grants red tape

By Dan Peters | 14 February 2022

Frustrated councils are having to needlessly double check firms despite having repeatedly paid bu...

WHITEHALL

Regional targets for asylum floated

By Dan Peters | 14 February 2022

Regions could be allowed to come up with collective targets for the number of asylum seekers they...

WHITEHALL

LGA warns of 'devastating' implications of borrowing crackdown

By Chris Mahony | 14 February 2022

Government proposals to tackle risky borrowing by some councils could have ‘potentially devastati...

WHITEHALL

O'Brien backs multi-year settlement idea

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2022

Levelling up minister Neil O’Brien has backed the idea of a multi-year local government finance s...

HEALTH

Councillors allowed to join integrated care boards

By Martin Ford | 10 February 2022

Controversial guidelines excluding councillors from Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are to be withd...

WHITEHALL

Isle of Wight unhappy despite extra £1m

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2022

Isle of Wight Council has expressed its ‘profound disappointment’ despite an extra £1m for 2022-2...

WHITEHALL

New accountability body 'stops short' of Audit Commission reinvention

By Heather Jameson | 08 February 2022

Plans for a body to oversee the accountability of local government stop just short of re-inventin...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Government has no action plan for improving children's social care

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2022

The Government has admitted it does not have a single detailed action plan to deliver high-qualit...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up will take years, IFS warns

By Michael Burton | 01 February 2022

An updated funding formula and a revalued and reformed council tax will be key early tests of the...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Auditors in levelling up warning

By Mark Conrad | 31 January 2022

The Government’s levelling up plans could be undermined by Whitehall failure to monitor what work...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council