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FINANCE

Caerphilly pay rise scandal costs to exceed £2.5m

By James Evison | 10 January 2017

The full cost of the senior officer pay scandal at Caerphilly CBC will top £2.5m, the local autho...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

District deal's bid to cement authorities' two-tier alliance

By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2017

West Sussex CC and Crawley BC have signed a ‘district deal’ in a bid to strengthen partnership wo...

FINANCE

Bond to benefit the homeless

10 January 2017

A social impact bond will be used to help entrenched rough sleepers off the streets of Greater Ma...

HEALTH

'Beef up wellbeing boards to aid health and care policy'

By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2017

Powers should be devolved to ‘beefed up’ health and wellbeing boards to bolster and consolidate l...

SOCIAL CARE

Curse of the cliché

10 January 2017

It is not major government announcements themselves in which Diary most revels.

WHITEHALL

'Ditch big, top-down solutions,' councils told

By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2017

‘Transformation is dead’ and should be replaced by rapid cycles of discovery and experimentation,...

FINANCE

Housing humbug

10 January 2017

Christmas is known as a time of goodwill and all that, fa la la la la, la la la la.

WHITEHALL

Councils resolute against NHS charity status claims

By Dan Peters | 10 January 2017

Councils are expected to stand firm as they hit back against NHS trusts’ latest arguments for why...

FINANCE

Lobbyists' threat to scrapping of business rate discount

By Dan Peters | 10 January 2017

Charity lobbyists stand in the way of scrapping the automatic business rates discount given to th...

BUSINESS

Corbyn: Stop council contracts going to tax havens

By Mark Conrad | 10 January 2017

Councils would be forced to limit contracts worth more than £250,000 to UK-registered companies u...

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Director of People

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Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

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frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council