FINANCE

'Long-term national solution' still needed to solve social care crisis

By Dan Peters | 15 December 2016

The sector and experts have argued that the announcement that an extra £900m will be made availab...

HEALTH

'Whitehall's failure to end trusts' charity claims wastes cash and harms health'

By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016

Ministers’ failure to end a long-running legal dispute between NHS trusts and councils is wasting...

FINANCE

A bumpy ride for the sector

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016

From Bowie to Brexit and bed-blocking, 2016 has been a rollercoaster year. Heather Jameson skips ...

FINANCE

Goodbye 2016 and hello to another turbulent year

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016

Heather Jameson looks back on one difficult year for local government and forward to another.

WHITEHALL

Councils upbeat about defeating trusts' demands for rates relief

By Sam Clayden | 06 December 2016

Councils are quietly confident of defeating NHS trusts’ claim for mandatory business rates relief...

FINANCE

100% rates retention branded 'irrelevant'

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016

Returning business rates to the sector is ‘irrelevant,’ two members of the Layfield Commission on...

WHITEHALL

DCLG rates rethink leaves LEPs in limbo

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016

The Government could row back from plans to give business members on local enterprise partnership...

FINANCE

Future Forum North: 'Devolution deals may not be for whole country'

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2016

Local Government Association chief executive Mark Lloyd has publicly accepted for the first time ...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: Call to 'grab attendance allowance'

02 December 2016

Several chief executives have called on local government to seize powers over attendance allowanc...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: 'Absolute prize' is fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2016

Liverpool City Council’s chief executive Ged Fitzgerald has urged his colleagues to remember the ...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Highways Delivery

£68,428 - £72,831

Do you want to deliver highway and transport services and infrastructure to North Northamptonshire? Apply for this job

North Northamptonshire Council

Assistant Director, Housing Improvement & Governance

£90,510 - £105,618

We own and manage around 17,500 homes across the full range of types and tenures, which represents around a third of total households in the borough. Apply for this job

Hammersmith & Fulham London Borough Council

Service Manager - Street Scene Services

Grade 11, £54,628 to £59,825

As one of the largest employers in Sheffield, with over 7,000 employees Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council