FINANCE

Power through partnership

By Tom Riordan | 04 July 2023

More than a decade after the Commission on the Future of Local Government, and as we advance towa...

WHITEHALL

Poor pandemic planning criticised

By Mark Conrad | 13 June 2023

Public health directors have delivered a withering assessment of the Government’s Covid-19 prepar...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Stellar new story for Ashfield

By Theresa Hodgkinson | 12 June 2023

Ambition and focus are helping Ashfield drive transformational change despite a sluggish national...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

We need to be trusted more

By Ann McGauran | 12 June 2023

Councils may now risk an end to their borrowing freedoms, but ADEPT’s new president Anthony Payne...

HEALTH

Austerity undermined local response to Covid-19, study finds

By William Eichler | 31 March 2023

The hollowing-out of local capability by a decade of cuts left local government struggling to cop...

DIGITAL

Birmingham's dash to digital

By Dr Peter Bishop | 28 March 2023

Dr Peter Bishop explains how taking direct control enabled Birmingham to transform its ICT operat...

HEALTH

South Lakeland has been truly transformed

By Lawrence Conway | 28 March 2023

From April 1 Cumbria will be reorganised into two unitary authorities. In his final column for Th...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Budget 2023: The austerity elephant

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 17 March 2023

Forced cutbacks and savings from councils over the next few years risk outweighing the new regene...

PAY

Budget 2023: The sector does not have the gift of time

By Simon Christian | 17 March 2023

Government was quiet on the challenges facing the public sector including pay, on a Budget day wh...

FINANCE

Future Forum: We've had to do it ourselves

By Dan Peters | 17 March 2023

A chief executive whose council has repeatedly lost out bidding for levelling up funds has told h...

frederica-diamanta

Director of Policy, Performance and Reform

To £119k

Manchester is a thriving, modern city known globally for culture, leisure and sporting success Apply for this job

Manchester City Council

Director of Finance and Procurement

£98,957 - £105,568

Lead our financial strategy, ensuring strong governance, smart resource management, and long-term resilience. Apply for this job

Wiltshire Council

Assistant Director of Internal Audit, Investigations & Risk

CO4 £84K-£102K

Islington Council is seeking an exceptional leader to shape the future of our newly established Internal Audit function. Apply for this job

Islington London Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of Policy, Performance and Reform

To £119k

Manchester is a thriving, modern city known globally for culture, leisure and sporting success Apply for this job

Manchester City Council

Director of Finance and Procurement

£98,957 - £105,568

Lead our financial strategy, ensuring strong governance, smart resource management, and long-term resilience. Apply for this job

Wiltshire Council

Assistant Director of Internal Audit, Investigations & Risk

CO4 £84K-£102K

Islington Council is seeking an exceptional leader to shape the future of our newly established Internal Audit function. Apply for this job

Islington London Borough Council