THIRD SECTOR

IPPR calls on the Government to create Settlement Support Fund

By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014

A leading think-tank has called for councils to be given money from citizenship fees to help prom...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

It's Rumbelow for Rochdale

21 October 2014

Rochdale MBC has selected Burnley BC boss Steve Rumbelow as the authority’s new chief executive, ...

WHITEHALL

Cabinet seat call for cities

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The Government should consider giving cities a permanent seat at cabinet, a 12-month inquiry publ...

FINANCE

Havering LBC to save cash by cutting chief execs' hours

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

A council chief executive who wanted to retire on her 61st birthday has been persuaded to stay on...

LEGAL

Vote of confidence for Barnet chief

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

Barnet LBC’s Conservative council leader Richard Cornelius has insisted chief executive Andrew Tr...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

'Peer reviews are not perfect,' says Sparks

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) has admitted weaknesses with the sector-led i...

PLANNING

Authority 'overwhelmed' by wind farm applications

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 October 2014

A Conservative peer has claimed Northumberland CC is ‘overwhelmed’ by the number of planning appl...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Make your vote count

21 October 2014

Local democracy has a habit of throwing up unlikely new heroes and heroines.

SOCIAL CARE

Union urges Surrey CC to rethink elderly homes closures

By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014

The GMB trade union has urged Surrey CC councillors to rethink a decision to close six care homes...

DCLG

Councils failed to detect rise in non-benefit fraud

By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014

Some 39 councils, among them 35 districts, failed to detect a single instance of non-benefit frau...

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Corporate Director Children and Young People’s Service

£136,853 to £159,178 plus relocation support

Premium jobNorth Yorkshire is England's largest county and a beautiful, vibrant place to live and work. Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

Executive Director of Communications and Engagement

Competitive Salary

Premium jobThis role requires strategic vision, operational excellence, and political acumen Apply for this job

City of London

Continuing Health Care and Joint Funding Lead WMF2067e

£55,119 - £57,362

Westmorland and Furness Council have an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader to join our Adult Social Care team Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council