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FINANCE

'Stop kicking us three steps back'

By Dan Peters | 05 February 2020

Our annual local government finance survey shows most councils are planning to raise council tax ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Examining the boarding school effect

By Paul Marinko | 28 January 2020

Councils appear to be reluctant to explore the option of placing the children they support at boa...

EDUCATION

Cyber Central transformation

By Heather Jameson | 28 January 2020

Rather than wait for a private developer to buy land next to the GCHQ building, the council stepp...

FINANCE

Better reform for better lives

By Ann McGauran | 21 January 2020

Social care is being addressed as a priority in Number 10. President of the Association of Direct...

DIGITAL

Lessons for digital change from the new unitaries

By Paul Marinko | 21 January 2020

Nine months after the creation of two new unitary councils in Dorset, what have been the lessons ...

FINANCE

Shining a strong light

By Paul Marinko | 14 January 2020

The Local Government Association is about to launch a review of its peer challenge process. Paul ...

NEW LOCAL

Rooted in the real world

By Ann McGauran | 09 January 2020

Director of the New Local Government Network, Adam Lent, talks to Ann McGauran about the impact m...

LONDON COUNCILS

A gap that will prove hard to close

By Dan Peters | 09 January 2020

Dan Peters investigates the scale of the funding challenge faced by the 32 councils told by the G...

FINANCE

Councils are faring well on finance

By Heather Jameson | 09 January 2020

Last month, CIPFA published its resilience index tool – and the picture for local government is b...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Ringing the changes

By Jonathan Werran | 16 December 2019

Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran on how the Johnson government might seek to tackle the ch...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Front Door

£66,578 - £72,028

This exciting opportunity has arisen to join our growing Senior Leadership Team in Children’s Services Apply for this job

Middlesbrough Council

Engineering Design Manager

£51,356 to £54,495

Tameside Council’s Engineering Service is seeking to appoint an experienced Engineering Design Manager Apply for this job

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Service Director, All Age Commissioning and Resources

£95,460 - £100,571

Herefordshire Council is a financially stable, well run unitary council in one of England’s most beautiful counties. Apply for this job

Herefordshire Council

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