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AUSTERITY
Starting over with Total Place
By Heather Jameson | 29 January 2024
Born out of attempts to streamline services and cut costs across the public sector, Total Place c...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Hope amid the gloom
By Charlotte Alldritt | 22 January 2024
The coming year may look bleak but outgoing chief executive of the Centre for Progressive Policy ...
FINANCE
Money, money everywhere?
By Martin Ford | 15 January 2024
Councils’ reserves are not there to be guarded, says a local government minister. In straitened t...
FINANCE
A huge year – but will local government's voice be heard?
By Heather Jameson | 10 January 2024
'While politicians are holding the line – that councils have plenty of cash and financial failure...
FINANCE
Is this the end of innovation?
By Paul Marinko | 10 January 2024
Is there a tendency among council members to play it safe and avoid risks? Norse Group and The MJ...
AUSTERITY
Can we learn from the authorities who are coping with austerity well?
By Ben Page | 04 December 2023
AI has huge potential to save time in local government if people can be encouraged to use it, say...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
Autumn Statement: public services bear brunt of tight spending plans
By Jeff Matsu | 24 November 2023
Jeff Matsu fears the Autumn Statement paints a picture of a chancellor trading up investment in p...
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
Peer reviews: The heat is on
20 November 2023
Is corporate peer review a robust enough way to predict the risks of a future section 114 or is i...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Right place and time for change
By Sarah Longlands | 20 November 2023
Despite more than a decade of austerity and no end in sight, local authorities do have the power ...
HOUSING
'Slim pickings and missed opportunities'
By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 14 November 2023
Baroness Sharon Taylor reflects on the King's Speech, and says it's time to stop leaving councils...
Assistant Director Housing
£111,533 to £119,774 plus relocation support
Housing is one of the most high profile and closely scrutinised areas in local government Apply for this job
Director of Legal & Governance (Monitoring Officer)
Up to £118,000
The Hampshire & Solent Combined County Authority is being established at pace, bringing together a uniquely complex geography and economy. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance (Section 73 Officer)
Up to £150,000
As our first Executive Director of Finance and statutory Section 73 Officer, you will build the financial architecture that makes this possible. Apply for this job
Assistant Director Housing
£111,533 to £119,774 plus relocation support
Housing is one of the most high profile and closely scrutinised areas in local government Apply for this job
Director of Legal & Governance (Monitoring Officer)
Up to £118,000
The Hampshire & Solent Combined County Authority is being established at pace, bringing together a uniquely complex geography and economy. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance (Section 73 Officer)
Up to £150,000
As our first Executive Director of Finance and statutory Section 73 Officer, you will build the financial architecture that makes this possible. Apply for this job
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