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CLIMATE CHANGE

Let's make sure Transforming Public Procurement delivers beyond SW1

By Jonathan Werran | 20 April 2021

We shouldn’t allow Greensill to distract us from asking what needs to change centrally to release...

BUSINESS

A blueprint for efficiency

By Stephen Beechey | 20 April 2021

The Government’s Construction Playbook was designed to streamline public sector procurement. Step...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

No simple north-south divide, says report

By Michael Burton | 19 April 2021

There is no simple north-south divide, a new report by Legal and General (L&G) has argued.

FINANCE

Social care reform depends on market overhaul

By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021

Social care reform will ‘fail’ without addressing weaknesses in the provider market, a think-tank...

BUSINESS

Firms hired for transformation help

By Dan Peters | 14 April 2021

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council has appointed KPMG and Agilisys as its strategic implem...

BUSINESS

Police investigate children's homes after suspensions

By Dan Peters | 13 April 2021

Police are investigating the closure of two Doncaster-based children’s homes suspended by Ofsted ...

FINANCE

Labour council pressed to insource service

By Martin Ford | 12 April 2021

Neath Port Talbot CBC has been urged to bring its leisure services under direct control as it sea...

CLIMATE CHANGE

The potential of new social value measures is huge

By David Dinsdale | 06 April 2021

The impact of the UK Government’s new social value measures should not be underestimated, as they...

BUSINESS

Pre-paid card firms supplying councils acted 'as a cartel,' regulator says

By William Eichler | 01 April 2021

Three out of five firms that issue councils with pre-paid cards have admitted breaching competiti...

BUSINESS

Councils taking 'too long' to pay support grants to businesses

By William Eichler | 01 April 2021

The Government has written to the leaders of 314 councils in England urging them to pay out grant...

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frederica-diamanta

Director - Corporate Services

£93,688 - £100,549 per annum

Develop your career with a forward-thinking authority based in an attractive part of South Devon. Apply for this job

Teignbridge District Council

Chief Executive

Up to £234,171

This is a rare opportunity to lead a council with both strength and ambition at a time of change. Apply for this job

Leicestershire County Council

Director of Adults and Integrated Commissioning

up to £129,530 per annum

A career-defining role at the heart of adult social care transformation. Apply for this job

Kent County Council