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FINANCE

Managing the tightrope

By Adele Taylor | 25 October 2023

Given the knife-edge on which council budgets are currently balanced, the 20% of uncertainty loca...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Government trust in councils key to devolution

By Paul Marinko | 24 October 2023

Most interviewees for a report on why UK's regional policy hasn't worked were unconvinced about f...

ELECTIONS

The trouble with Oflog

23 October 2023

Council senior officers are broadly united in their view that Oflog will not provide warning of l...

WHITEHALL

How about an updated version of Total Place

By Abdool Kara | 23 October 2023

Abdool Kara says Total Place 'remains to many an idea that has the potential to square the circle...

FINANCE

Listen to the local

By Sir Bob Neill | 23 October 2023

Party conferences are long on rhetoric but leave local government with more questions than answer...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Not for turning on the four-day week

By Cllr Bridget Smith | 23 October 2023

Leader of South Cambridgeshire DC Cllr Bridget Smith sets out why the council is not backtracking...

THIRD SECTOR

Putting prevention first

By Abigail Langley | 23 October 2023

Abigail Langley puts the high level of strategic priority placed on prevention in South Norfolk a...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Getting people into care this winter: why a one-size-fits-all approach won't work

By Seb Stewart – Commercial Director, CHS Healthcare | 23 October 2023

With national one-size-fits-all approaches so far missing the mark, we must invest in bespoke reg...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Time to unleash the potential of local authorities on net zero

By Chris Skidmore | 23 October 2023

If Westminster will not provide national leadership on net zero, it should empower ambitious loca...

SOLACE

New assurance regime needs to be 'far more useful'

By Heather Jameson | 18 October 2023

According to the results of the Solace survey, no one thinks Oflog does the job and most think it...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council