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LONDON COUNCILS

Londoners are more pessimistic about the economic effect of Brexit

By Ben Page | 28 November 2018

As Mrs May takes her Deal from Brussels on tour before a showdown in the House of Commons, Brexit...

FINANCE

Reserves warning in face of predicted overspend

By Dan Peters | 23 November 2018

Hartlepool Council has warned it may have to dip into its reserves if it fails to make savings to...

WHITEHALL

Welsh council leaders welcome cash injection

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2018

The Welsh Government has raised the funding floor from -1% to -0.5% to allow council leaders to a...

EDUCATION

Who tells the truth about education spending?

By Michael Burton | 21 November 2018

The old adage ‘lies, damned lies and statistics’ is never truer than when it comes to education s...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The finite capacity of civil society

By Sarah Longlands | 13 November 2018

How much capacity has civil society got to absorb the increased demands on its financial and huma...

FINANCE

Time to speak as one

By Peter John | 13 November 2018

Members and officers have to be more frank about what will happen if local government is not plac...

FINANCE

Let's have less flash and more substance

07 November 2018

What the public and local government want is less flash and more substance - fewer grand statemen...

FINANCE

Core offer still leaves £33m deficit

By Dan Peters | 05 November 2018

East Sussex CC’s chief executive Becky Shaw has laid out a ‘core offer’ that could risk the counc...

SOCIAL CARE

Balanced Budget as we live in hope for jam tomorrow

By Heather Jameson | 30 October 2018

It may have been billed as the Budget to end austerity, but the chancellor’s speech was not exact...

FINANCE

The money messages may be getting back to the centre

By Simon Edwards | 24 October 2018

The accusation from local government that it is seldom listened to by central government has some...

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frederica-diamanta

Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

£Competitive

Stevenage is a town with bold ambitions. Apply for this job

Stevenage Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Care Services

£158,000

This is an exciting time to be joining Hertfordshire County Council. Apply for this job

Hertfordshire County Council

Assistant Director - People & Change

Up to £91,625 + generous pension

Cambridge is a city of global reputation and local pride – a place of ideas, innovation and inclusion. Apply for this job

Cambridge City Council