PAY

Time for a social care system refresh

By Paul Marinko | 18 January 2023

Social care is beset by a perfect storm of problems. What needs to change, and are there any chin...

DEVOLUTION

Accelerating devolution

By Ann McGauran | 17 January 2023

Local government remains enthusiastic about the English devolution revolution, but challenges lie...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Staring into the welfare state chasm

By Ann McGauran | 17 January 2023

Reform and tackling persistent underfunding are the answers to the litany of problems that beset ...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Meeting demand for out-of-hours services

By Paul Marinko | 10 January 2023

How can cash-strapped councils ensure they provide an effective out-of-hours customer service so ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The skills formula

By Ann McGauran | 10 January 2023

The Prime Minister’s first speech of 2023 included an emphasis on creating a better-educated and ...

PLANNING

Review of 2022

By Martin Ford | 14 December 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, Martin Ford looks back on the ups and downs of a year that was dominate...

MANAGEMENT

The secret to Telford and Wrekin's success

By Michael Burton | 14 December 2022

The success story that led to Telford and Wrekin winning The MJ’s Local Authority of the Year Awa...

TRANSFORMATION

An award-winning chief

By Heather Jameson | 14 December 2022

The MJ Awards’ Chief Executive of the Year, Monica Fogarty, tells Heather Jameson she was thrille...

HUMAN RESOURCES

The new normal – hype or happening?

14 December 2022

As the year comes to a close, the team at Penna share their experiences of the talent market in 2...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Planning for permacrisis

By Lucy Easthope | 07 December 2022

Ann McGauran questions emergency planner and author of bestseller When the Dust Settles Professor...

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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

frederica-diamanta

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