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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Put looked-after children in boarding schools, minister urges

By Martin Ford | 13 June 2018

Placing looked-after children in boarding schools can reduce costs as well as improve results, a ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's service overspend hits council budget

By Martin Ford | 13 June 2018

Torbay Council exceeded its revenue budget by £1.7m in the past financial year, a report has reve...

WHITEHALL

LGA call amid appeals backlog

By Patrick O’Brien | 13 June 2018

More than 133,000 firms are still awaiting appeals of their business rates valuation from 2010 to...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

BASW members hold Welsh austerity march

By Martin Ford | 12 June 2018

Social workers are marching through Wales today in protest at austerity cuts.

WHITEHALL

Khan talks extremism with LGA

By Mark Conrad | 12 June 2018

Britain’s commissioner for countering extremism met with senior sector figures yesterday to discu...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Council's children's services 'gradually improving'

By Martin Ford | 12 June 2018

Children’s services in Reading are 'gradually improving' two years after the council was rated in...

FINANCE

'We cannot go on like this,' social care directors warn

By Martin Ford | 12 June 2018

Securing long-term, sustainable social care funding in the Government’s Green Paper is the only w...

UNIONS

Council staff vote for industrial action

By Mark Conrad | 12 June 2018

Staff at East Dunbartonshire Council have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over planned...

BUSINESS

Grenfell council leader pays tribute

By Mark Conrad | 12 June 2018

Kensington & Chelsea RLBC’s leader has praised the families affected and paid tribute to those wh...

WHITEHALL

CIPFA hits back at Tesco rates attack

By Patrick O’Brien | 11 June 2018

Finance directors have hit back at criticisms made by big companies that business rates are causi...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief of Staff

up to £126,615

We’re transforming services with ambition and community at the heart of our work. Apply for this job

Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council