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SOCIAL CARE

Sometimes the simplest questions are the hardest to answer

By Paul O’Brien | 05 December 2018

Asked what he thought the impact of Brexit would be on local government frontline services, Paul ...

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...

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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