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FINANCE

Major councils need cash to prevent youth radicalisation

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2015

All major councils should receive Whitehall funding designed to prevent the radicalisation of loc...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Council raps Whitehall's 'lukewarm' view of CAs

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2015

A council has criticised the Government for being ‘lukewarm’ towards the idea of combined authori...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

£10bn financial package revealed for Scots councils

10 February 2015

Scotland’s 32 local authorities will be given a total funding package worth more than £10.85bn in...

FINANCE

Passive outcry may force U-turn on pensions stance

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2015

Council pension funds are unlikely to be forced to only use passive management with the Governmen...

FINANCE

Fears raised over Care Act funding

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2015

Concerned councils have warned they may not be able to deliver the Government’s pledge to protect...

FINANCE

Alexander offers fiscal devolution

By Heather Jameson | 10 February 2015

Chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander has pledged a ‘new era of municipal empowerment’...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Murphy announces Scots city plans

By Heather Jameson | 10 February 2015

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has pledged further devolution to create an ‘economic powerhous...

FINANCE

LGA defends councils' £21bn reserve cash pile

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2015

Council chiefs have claimed the sector’s financial reserves totalling £21.4bn are all that stands...

FINANCE

Miliband: Labour more committed to devolution

By Mark Conrad | 09 February 2015

Labour leader Ed Miliband has set out his party’s plan to swiftly devolve powers and cash to loca...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Adviser appointed to help turnaround children's services

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 February 2015

A new adviser has been appointed in Norfolk to work alongside the county council and the Governme...

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London Borough of Hackney Council

Executive Director, Home and Communities

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Lewisham London Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development

Up to £111,000

You will be responsible for overseeing area based regeneration programmes. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Executive Director, Home and Communities

£160-200k p.a.

At Camden, we don’t just deliver services — we work alongside communities to challenge injustice and drive real social change. Apply for this job

Camden London Borough Council

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

Up to £128,000

As we respond to a complex and fast-changing financial environment. Apply for this job

Lewisham London Borough Council