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FINANCE

It is time to stand up and say 'enough is enough'

By John Tizard | 31 October 2022

This is not the time for setting unbalanced budgets, but it is also not the time to act as if cou...

INFRASTRUCTURE

The clock is ticking on the big switch off

By Dan Davies | 28 October 2022

Time is ticking as councils drag their feet on the impending PSTN/ISDN, WLR switch off, but the p...

COMMERCIALISM

The tentative theory of the infinite queue

By Abdool Kara | 26 October 2022

Abdool Kara considers why a Government should invest in prevention when it will make no tangible ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Complaints matter more than ever

By Michael King | 26 October 2022

Local Government Ombudsman Michael King says that, while he is sympathetic to councils facing tou...

FINANCE

Future-proof funding or future failure?

By Phil Woolley | 26 October 2022

Phil Woolley says that given the current economic climate, and with worse likely yet to come, the...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

We owe it to the children to bring in CSA reforms

By Heather Jameson | 26 October 2022

Local government owes it to the children it failed to act on the Independent Inquiry into Child S...

COUNCIL TAX

Local response to crisis offers some hope

By Jonathan Carr-West | 26 October 2022

Dr Jonathan Carr-West says financially vulnerable councils are providing heroic levels of support...

EUROPEAN UNION

Battle over the role of the state

By Michael Burton | 26 October 2022

The crisis in Conservative politics reflects the battle between its factions, exacerbated by Brex...

HOUSING

Ensuring East Hampshire's future is a green one

By Gill Kneller | 26 October 2022

Gill Kneller says that to mark the anniversary of the COP26 climate event East Hampshire DC has l...

ENERGY

Mr Sunak will find it hard to meet the funding squeeze the British state now faces

By Ben Page | 26 October 2022

Ben Page says 'we may now be at a point where we need to change our expectations of public servic...

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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

London Borough of Merton

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

Nottingham City Council

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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frederica-diamanta

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

London Borough of Merton

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

Nottingham City Council

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

Nottingham City Council

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