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IDS think-tank urges Royal Commission over child protection failures

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2014

Centre for Social Justice report condemns current child protection measures and urges set up of a...

Unison set for 10 July walkout after strike vote

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2014

Council bosses have branded as ‘disappointing’ the decision by members of the Unison trade union ...

Council strike ballot results loom

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2014

Results of strike ballots involving main local government unions due this week - as trade unions ...

Only inner London has returned to pre-recession levels of job creation

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2014

All parts of the country aside from inner London have failed to return to pre-recession levels of...

Timpson: Give councils freedom to deliver services differently

By Jamie Hailstone | 23 June 2014

Councils are to be given new freedoms to transfer children’s social care services to mutuals and ...

Oxford City Council scoops The MJ Awards 2014 best performing council accolade

20 June 2014

Oxford City Council named the best-performing council in the UK at the prestigious annual local g...

Corridors of Power: Education

20 June 2014

Conservative Party education adviser Will Jennings is updating a Tory local election agent Sam Sm...

You'll find me at the bar . . .

20 June 2014

Ever wondered what Tory party chairman Grant Shapps or care minister Norman Lamb would look like,...

Wirral or Downton?

20 June 2014

It cannot be often that Wirral Council gets confused with Downton Abbey.

Coin-operated policy

20 June 2014

Local government is often derided these days for gilding the lily on all things procedural.

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frederica-diamanta

Development Management Service Manager - WMF2347e

£65,873 - £68,775

The Development Management service plays a vital role in shaping the built environment. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Director of Children's Services

£123,550 pa

We are looking for a visionary and values-driven Director of Children's Services Apply for this job

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Assistant Director for Corporate Parenting

£88,225 - £105,726 per annum

This is a time of exciting and positive change in Suffolk. Apply for this job

Suffolk County Council