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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils agree to ramp up efforts to tackle children's services pressures
By Hiba Mahamadi | 18 March 2019
Local authorities in London have agreed to intensify their efforts to tackle the increasing finan...
PLANNING
Brokenshire announces Accelerated Housing Green Paper
By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019
A Green Paper aiming to speed up the planning process will be published later this year, communit...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Dudley chief to join Barnsley
By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019
Sarah Norman is poised to become the new chief executive at Barnsley MBC.
EDUCATION
Surrey parents lose SEND budget legal battle
By Martin Ford | 18 March 2019
Surrey CC has fended off a legal challenge to its budget for children with special educational ne...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Modern slavery referrals rocket
By Ann McGauran | 15 March 2019
Referrals of potential victims of modern slavery made by councils have soared tenfold in five yea...
BUSINESS
Government shirks Brexit procurement overhaul
By Martin Ford | 15 March 2019
Hopes for an overhaul of procurement rules after Brexit appear to have been dashed.
FINANCE
Birmingham bin dispute cost council £6m
By Martin Ford | 15 March 2019
Birmingham City Council has settled an industrial dispute with refuse workers that has cost the a...
BUSINESS
Outsourcing giant Interserve to go into administration
By Martin Ford | 15 March 2019
One of the public sector’s biggest outsourcing companies, Interserve, will enter administration.
FINANCE
One in five councils failing to safeguard value, MPs warn
By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2019
One in five councils do not have proper arrangements in place to secure value for money for taxpa...
SOCIAL CARE
DToC figures due to social care on the rise
By Martin Ford | 14 March 2019
Winter pressures have been blamed for a rise in the number of delayed transfers of care (DToC) du...
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Salary: £63,405 - £70,609 per annum. Incremental progression subject to performance
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Head of Resident Experience
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