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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...

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...

HUMOUR

Call of the wild

25 May 2016

As Dr Doolittle should have asked, has local government ever bored a wild boar, chatted to a croc...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall may stump up for rate appeals

By Sam Clayden | 25 May 2016

Whitehall could be prepared to compensate local authorities for the increased risk of appeals aft...

BUSINESS

Flintoff hits Preston for six

25 May 2016

Local authorities are used to being hit for six, but last week Preston City Council had to face t...

HEALTH

Chiefs fear fiscal meltdown ahead

By Sam Clayden | 25 May 2016

Chief executives have predicted a bleak future for local government, with more than half (56%) fe...

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Children's Social Workers - Family Help Service

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

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Tees Valley Combined Authority

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frederica-diamanta

Children's Social Workers - Family Help Service

Up to £52,767 per annum (subject to experience) p

Are you a passionate and experienced Social Worker ready to change lives and shape futures? Apply for this job

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

Director of Business Solutions

£133,234

This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in shaping the region’s economic future and driving long-term prosperity. Apply for this job

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Head of Investment and Development

Up to £92,483

Walsall is a borough with big ambitions. Apply for this job

Walsall Council