HEALTH

Minister in plea for cross-party care consensus

By Ann McGauran | 30 April 2019

Care minster Caroline Dinenage has said she 'would dearly like there to be cross-party consensus'...

WHITEHALL

Social care precept 'avoided catastrophe'

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2019

The introduction of the social care precept ‘avoided catastrophe’ but the sector still faces a fu...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Risk-taking in social care provision can yield results, study finds

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2019

Councils have been urged to be more ‘courageous’ in their adult social care provision.

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...

SOCIAL CARE

Two-thirds of councils say they have brought in or increased charges for social care

05 March 2019

Two-thirds of councils in England who responded to a freedom of information (FOI) request said th...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

FoI and the hidden side of safeguarding

By Ann McGauran | 08 January 2019

FOI responses show more than half of the councils approached had reported incidents in the last t...

LONDON COUNCILS

Cracking the code

By Ann McGauran | 08 January 2019

The complexity of the budgetary challenges faced by English councils has raised the alarm within ...

FINANCE

Pay rises to swallow extra £650m for care

By Mike Yuille | 29 November 2018

Councils hoping that the Chancellor’s Budget promised extra £650m for social care might ease some...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Warnings of 'bun fights' and help offered to Hancock at conference

By Martin Ford | 14 November 2018

Funding woes dominated the opening speeches of the National Children and Adults Services conferen...

WHITEHALL

Hancock praises over-40s tax

By Martin Ford | 14 November 2018

A tax increase for the over-40s could be introduced to bridge the adult social care spending gap ...

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frederica-diamanta

Highways Capital Delivery Manager

£50,788 - £52,805

To be responsible for the implementation of Welsh Government’s Renewal and Upgrade programme. Apply for this job

South Wales Trunk Road Agent

Assistant Director of Waste Management and Public Space

£95,399 to £106,008

Join a values-driven council where people come first — and your potential has no limits. Apply for this job

Cumberland Council

Director of Public Health

Up to £131,210

The Public Health department is at the heart of the council’s business. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich