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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Spending Review should put aside £3bn for children's services - MPs
By Hiba Mahamadi | 30 April 2019
The Government needs to release at least £3bn of non-ring-fenced funding to local authorities to ...
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.
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Service Manager - Regulated Services and CQC Oversight
£69,037
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and driven leader to join our Adult Social Care team Apply for this job
Director of Transport and Climate
£96,900 - £112,827
In Reading, we’re laying the foundations for a borough that is bold, connected and ready for what’s next. Apply for this job
Director of Planning, Economy and Public Protection
£96,900 - £112,827
Reading is one of the UK’s most dynamic urban economies. Apply for this job
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