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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Combined authority rejects mayor's power grab
By Naomi Larsson | 01 April 2019
Plans to transfer control of policing to the West Midlands Mayor have been scrapped following a v...
FINANCE
Bonds agency refreshes approach after struggles
By Naomi Larsson | 01 April 2019
The UK Municipal Bonds Agency (UKMBA) will revise its guarantee after more than four years of fai...
FINANCE
Local government pension reforms challenged
By Martin Ford | 01 April 2019
The legality of proposed reforms to local government pension schemes has been questioned.
SOCIAL CARE
The art of excuse making
01 April 2019
If there’s one valuable life lesson health secretary Matt Hancock appears to have failed to learn...
WHITEHALL
Government misses fifth deadline for social care Green Paper
By Martin Ford | 01 April 2019
The publication of the Government’s long-awaited adult social care Green Paper has been delayed f...
COUNCIL TAX
Wales launches 'resident-focused' council tax reforms
By Hiba Mahamadi | 01 April 2019
Council tax debtors in Wales will no longer be at risk of imprisonment as part of a new initiativ...
WHITEHALL
Consultation floats new legal duty in violence crackdown
By Dan Peters | 01 April 2019
A new legal duty to support a multi-agency approach to preventing and tackling serious violence c...
EDUCATION
Strike threat lifted after COSLA agrees to raise teachers' pay
By Martin Ford | 29 March 2019
The possibility of strike action by teachers has been averted after Scotland’s council leaders ba...
LEGAL
Bucks districts drop legal battle over reorganisation
By Heather Jameson | 29 March 2019
Chiltern and South Bucks DCs will not go ahead with their legal battle over local government reor...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Nottingham City narrows gender pay gap
By Heather Jameson | 29 March 2019
Nottingham City Council has narrowed its gender pay gap to a mean average pay gap of 3.1%, down f...
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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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