HUMAN RESOURCES

Staff shortages erode switch to community-based services

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014

A new report by the King’s Fund has warned that government plans to move to community-based servi...

FINANCE

Welsh shake-up may cost more than it saves

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014

Finance chiefs have warned that the Welsh Government’s plan for voluntary local government reorga...

WHITEHALL

CBI calls for rates reform

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014

Bosses’ group the CBI has called on the chancellor to reform the current business rates regime, w...

COMMUNICATIONS

Wolverhampton mulls over name change

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014

Wolverhampton City Council is considering a re-branding of itself as the City of Wolverhampton to...

WHITEHALL

The transformation challenge

By Heather Jameson | 25 November 2014

Mayors or combined authorities could be used to push greater accountability to boost cross-public...

HUMOUR

What's the story Noel?

25 November 2014

Over the years, former Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher has had his fair share of critics but his cl...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Mascot Pooh-Poohed

25 November 2014

Hush, hush, nobody cares . . . Christopher Robin has fallen downstairs.

FINANCE

Council collection rates under scrutiny

By Jonathan Werran | 25 November 2014

A spending watchdog has urged local authorities to improve efforts to recoup more than £4.5bn in ...

HUMOUR

White Van Man . . . on Emily Thornberry

25 November 2014

That snobby posh bird from Labour got her comeuppance trying to rubbish us workers.

HUMOUR

Anti-social media

25 November 2014

‘There are no second acts in American lives,’ observed Jazz-era novelist F Scott Fitzgerald.

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

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Assistant Director Transformation

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North Yorkshire Council

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director for Safeguarding

£108,258

Recognised for our innovation and investment, this is a fantastic opportunity to join our leadership team Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

Salary: £108,312 - £125,565

At Thurrock we take a whole council approach to improving the lives of our children and young people, placing them at the heart of all that we do Apply for this job

Thurrock Borough Council

Assistant Director Transformation

£97,426 - £108,074

We are seeking an outstanding strategic leader and solutions-focused expert to play a pivotal role at this key moment for North Yorkshire Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council