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FINANCE

Wharton: Cuts do not undermine devolution

By Sam Clayden | 25 May 2016

Funding cuts to local government do not undermine the economic direction of devolution, Northern ...

WALES

Council cuts go back to the drawing board

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 May 2016

The Welsh first minister has conceded his administration may go back to the drawing board over lo...

SOCIAL CARE

Councils defend agency care bills

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 May 2016

Councils have defended the money spent on agency children’s social workers amid claims the amount...

WASTE

Councils still wrestling with procurement waste problems

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 May 2016

Failure to introduce best practice around procurement is costing local authorities hundreds of mi...

HEALTH

Experts back bid to 'fix financial plans'

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 May 2016

Experts have backed calls by finance chiefs to fix health and social care spending as a proportio...

WHITEHALL

Data sharing 'will boost public sector evolution'

By Heather Jameson | 25 May 2016

Public sector transformation could be given a boost after the Government revealed plans in the Qu...

FINANCE

'Only full fiscal devolution can deliver economic growth'

By Heather Jameson | 25 May 2016

Cities need full fiscal devolution to deliver economic growth, a report from Core Cities and cons...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA Tories strike deal with Labour

By Heather Jameson | 25 May 2016

The Conservatives will continue to hold the chairmanship of the Local Government Association (LGA...

FINANCE

NAO's undercover role

25 May 2016

Some readers would have been gripped by the recent BBC drama series Undercover, in which a defenc...

BUSINESS

Authority writes off £300,000 debt

By Thomas Bridge | 25 May 2016

A debt of almost £300,000 will be written off by Blackpool Council following the collapse of a lo...

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North Yorkshire Council

Director of Environmental Health Services

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