Title
HEALTH
Public health comes home
By John O’Brien | 05 October 2016
Councils have shown they can deliver successful work on public health and London's efforts to co...
FINANCE
Local finance, not Brexit, may be the Government's nemesis
By Michael Burton | 05 October 2016
Government must learn from the past if it is to effectively reform local government finance and l...
FINANCE
An uncertain future?
By Tony Kirkham | 05 October 2016
Councils are unsure what they will look like in three years' time but community engagement is hel...
FINANCE
Labour's missed opportunity
By Alexandra Jones | 05 October 2016
Labour has missed a huge chance to reclaim the devolution agenda from the Government, says Alexan...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Concerns for the future
By Sandra Dinneen | 05 October 2016
The recent District Councils' Network chief executives conference saw local government making sta...
PLANNING
Shake up the planning laws
By Bob Neill | 05 October 2016
Bob Neill says the Government must act quickly to improve planning processes
FINANCE
Second-hand daylight
By Mark Rogers | 05 October 2016
Mark Rogers reflects on his busy three years as SOLACE president and passes on some crucial lesso...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The real lesson from grammar schools
By Claire Fox | 05 October 2016
Claire Fox says opponents and champions of Theresa May’s grammar school strategy are overly fixat...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Solace presidency: The pitches
29 September 2016
How should Solace hold its conferences, how must it collaborate with the LGA and how can members ...
FINANCE
What councils need from the new chancellor
By Sean Nolan | 28 September 2016
Philip Hammond has plenty to balance at his first Autumn Statement but reform must be made to eas...
Executive Director of Finance
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The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
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Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
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The strategic voice of finance at the heart of Dudley. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Competitive
The strategic voice of finance at the heart of Dudley. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
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