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WELFARE
Council benefits teams struggling, auditors warn
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2023
People are waiting longer for housing benefit claims while Scotland’s councils face soaring workl...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Warsi rails against Government's Prevent overhaul
By Dan Peters | 14 February 2023
Ex-communities minister Baroness Warsi has attacked the Government’s proposed reform of Prevent, ...
WHITEHALL
Council considers legal action amid asylum row
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2023
Brighton & Hove City Council is considering legal action against the Government to resolve a disp...
FINANCE
Politics 'stifling' Southend
By Martin Ford | 14 February 2023
Political wrangling is ‘stifling’ Southend-on-Sea City Council, a new report has found.
HOUSING
Watchdog calls for 'radical improvements' to Lambeth housing
By Heather Jameson | 14 February 2023
The Housing Ombudsman has called for ‘radical improvements’ to be made at Lambeth LBC, following ...
WHITEHALL
Calls for renewed effort to tackle planning 'image problem'
By Dan Peters | 14 February 2023
Calls have been made for a renewed effort to attract more planners into the profession as it cont...
FINANCE
Warning over reserves at Shropshire
By Martin Ford | 13 February 2023
Officers at Shropshire Council have raised concerns about reserve levels if the authority’s predi...
FINANCE
Three in four plan maximum tax hike
By Martin Ford | 13 February 2023
Three-quarters of upper-tier local authorities that have published their budgets will increase th...
FINANCE
Growth for pension pool despite Covid
By Mark Conrad | 13 February 2023
One of local government’s biggest joint pension partnerships has now pooled more than three-quart...
DEVOLUTION
Nandy vows to go further on devolution
By Heather Jameson | 13 February 2023
Shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy has pledged the ‘biggest transfer of power out of Westmi...
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Director of Adult Social Care Commissioning
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Transforming outcomes through integrated commissioning Apply for this job
Director of Adult Social Care
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Leading innovative, strengths-based social care that enables residents to live fulfilling and independent lives Apply for this job
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