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ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Four Seasons Health Care slides into administration

By Martin Ford | 30 April 2019

Funding has been found to prop up more than 300 care homes as Four Seasons Health Care enters adm...

WHITEHALL

Austerity holding back local government fight against knife crime

By Martin Ford | 30 April 2019

‘Inadequate’ Government leadership and funding is hindering local government in tackling knife cr...

HEALTH

Minister in plea for cross-party care consensus

By Ann McGauran | 30 April 2019

Care minster Caroline Dinenage has said she 'would dearly like there to be cross-party consensus'...

WHITEHALL

Fresh push on apprenticeship levy reforms

By Dan Peters | 30 April 2019

A broad coalition to push for more flexibility in the apprenticeship levy could be formed to mark...

WHITEHALL

Planning system comes under fire from MPs

By Martin Ford | 30 April 2019

The Government’s approach to increasing housebuilding via the planning system has been described ...

ELECTIONS

Voter ID plans slammed as 'undemocratic'

By Hiba Mahamadi | 30 April 2019

Mandatory voter ID requirements will seriously damage democracy, the Electoral Reform Society has...

FOI

Councils handling nearly 500,000 FOI requests every year

By Laura Sharman | 30 April 2019

Councils receive around 467,000 Freedom of Information (FOI) Act requests every year, nearly doub...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care should be funded centrally, says MP

By Hiba Mahamadi | 29 April 2019

Social care should be delivered locally but funded nationally, a new report has suggested.

FINANCE

Rural areas 'ignored' by Government, Lords claim

By Martin Ford | 29 April 2019

City Deals should be adapted and offered to ‘ignored’ rural areas, peers have said in a new report.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Dwayne Johnson appointed as Sefton chief

By Martin Ford | 29 April 2019

Sefton Council has formally approved the appointment of Dwayne Johnson as its new chief executive...

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frederica-diamanta

Strategic Director, Corporate Services

c£162,000 per annum, more for an exceptional candidate

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC

Programme Manager - WMF2246e

£56,883 - £59,198

The Capital Programme team is responsible for the core delivery of the Council’s c. £80-100m/year Capital Programme Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Head of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer

£79,336 – £86,691 per annum

As Head of Law and Governance you join at a critical time. Apply for this job

Crawley Borough Council