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FINANCE
Green shoots that may buy a little more time
By Adele Taylor | 19 August 2020
While they might not be enough to bridge the significant gaps in medium-term financial strategies...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
We must find a way to invest in our future
By Jenny Coles | 19 August 2020
The ‘hidden harms’ to children over the past six months will be uncovered when schools fully open...
HEALTH
MPs call for 'urgent and targeted' support to avoid 'blunt' lockdown
By Ann McGauran | 19 August 2020
Three MPs have written to health secretary Matt Hancock calling for ‘urgent and targeted support’...
HEALTH
A Sisyphean task for health and social care?
By Magda Stainton | 19 August 2020
Magda Stainton at Veredus looks at the issue of health and social care integration, and ponders i...
HEALTH
Public health must not be downplayed by PHE's abolition
By Michael Burton | 19 August 2020
To start tearing down structures like PHE while the pandemic still rages and when the wider prev...
WHITEHALL
IFS finds £2bn budget black hole
By Michael Burton | 18 August 2020
Councils face a budget black hole of £2bn this year due to unfunded coronavirus costs, a new stud...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Councils have the local support to do what they must
By Ben Page | 18 August 2020
As local government works hard to revive local economic activity and resume normality, there is s...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Green recovery and growth should be the golden thread for counties
By Peter French | 18 August 2020
Peter French says the devolution White Paper provides 'an opportune moment for the Government to ...
PAY
EXCLUSIVE: Resistant shielders could be docked pay
By Dan Peters | 18 August 2020
Council employees who have been shielding could be docked pay if they refuse to return to work.
THIRD SECTOR
Councils advised to avoid term 'lockdown'
By Martin Ford | 18 August 2020
Experts have advised councils to avoid using the term ‘lockdown’ when discussing the reinstatemen...
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Chief Executive
£188,576 - £201,902 (pay award pending)
Join us for a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK’s newest and most ambitious councils Apply for this job
Finance Development Accountant
Band I (£55,609 to £59,025)
Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
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