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SAFEGUARDING
Red flags and boiling frogs: a damning picture that the National Youth Strategy must fix
By Leigh Middleton | 22 September 2025
With the Government's National Youth Strategy due to be published, Leigh Middleton warns that wit...
HUMAN RIGHTS
Fears over lack of teeth behind mandatory reporting duty
By Neil Merrick | 14 July 2025
Government plans to make it a mandatory duty to report child sexual abuse need to be backed up wi...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA tells councils to hold fire on grooming response
By Dan Peters | 22 May 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged councils not to respond to a request from a priv...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Lambeth defends Dosunmu payoff
By Joe Lepper | 28 April 2025
Lambeth LBC has defended a payoff totalling almost £88,000 to its former chief who admitted faili...
LEGAL
Trial dates fixed for Liverpool City Council corruption case
By Dan Peters | 25 April 2025
Trial dates have been fixed for two senior officers charged as part of an investigation into Live...
COMBINED AUTHORITY
Staff offered support after mayor's arrest
By William Eichler | 07 April 2025
West of England Combined Authority staff have been offered support after mayor Dan Norris was arr...
LEGAL
Former Liverpool director denies bribery
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2025
Liverpool City Council’s former head of regeneration Nick Kavanagh has denied two counts of bribe...
POLITICS
McMahon hints over councillor suspension power
By Dan Peters | 12 March 2025
Local government minister Jim McMahon has hinted he will push ahead with handing councils the pow...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
CSA 'less likely to be identified in child protection plans than ever before'
By Dan Peters | 07 March 2025
The number of children on formal protection plans in England because of sexual abuse has fallen t...
CRIME
Report: Police and crime commissioners making communities safer
By Paul Marinko | 18 February 2025
A new report has argued cross-sector working, overseen by police and crime commissioners, is redu...
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- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
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Director of Adults Commissioning and Provider Services
£100,731 - £104,625
To help us realise this vision, we are seeking an exceptional Director of Adults Commissioning and Provider Services Apply for this job
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
- Suffolk to make decision on legal challenge to reorganisation
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