WHITEHALL

Warnings of financial shock for care sector

By Martin Ford | 19 April 2021

Civil servants have warned of financial challenges ahead when the care home sector emerges from t...

WHITEHALL

Gangs 'one step ahead' of authorities

By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021

Criminal gangs that exploit children are ‘one step ahead of authorities,’ mandarins have told pee...

WHITEHALL

Storm brewing over exit payment data demands

By Heather Jameson | 15 April 2021

Government demands for details of senior staff pay-offs have been branded ‘particularly perniciou...

FINANCE

£31m Hong Kong integration fund launched

By Martin Ford | 08 April 2021

Funding of £30.7m will be provided to councils to support new arrivals from Hong Kong.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Surfeit of grant pots makes a pot noodle for councils

By Michael Burton | 08 April 2021

If questions about the way the Levelling Up Fund and the Towns Fund are targeted dulls ministers’...

WHITEHALL

Councils 'undermined' by right to regenerate plans

By Martin Ford | 07 April 2021

The local government sector has urged a rethink on proposals to hand ministers powers to force th...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up fund faces legal challenge

By Heather Jameson | 06 April 2021

The Government could face legal action over its ‘troublingly opaque’ allocation of the Levelling ...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

MHCLG board recruits two new members

By Martin Ford | 31 March 2021

Dame Alison Nimmo and Jeffrey Dodds will help shape the department’s work.

FINANCE

The dreamy world of local government

By Ian Miller | 30 March 2021

Ian Miller waxes lyrical on a local government sector transformed into a paradise of five-yearly ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Liverpool looks to the future

By Heather Jameson | 30 March 2021

Chief executive of Liverpool City Council Tony Reeves talks to Heather Jameson about the damning ...

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Ribble Valley Borough Council

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London Borough of Merton

frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive Officer and Head of Paid Service

up to £165k plus Returning Officer Fees

Are you interested in applying for one of the best jobs in local government? Apply for this job

Stevenage Borough Council

Head of Strategic Planning and Housing

£56,080 to £59,525 per annum

As we develop our new Local Plan, we are looking for talented people to help us turn that vision into a reality. Apply for this job

Ribble Valley Borough Council

Hospital Social Worker

ME11 - ME13 £41,964 -£50,646

We are looking for a qualified Social Worker with a personality of someone with drive, determination and vision Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton