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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Powell becomes shadow housing secretary in mini-reshuffle

By Michael Burton | 10 May 2021

Labour leader Keir Starmer has replaced his shadow housing secretary and brought in a high-flyer ...

EDUCATION

A sense of hope for the future

20 April 2021

The new president of the ADCS Charlotte Ramsden talks to Ann McGauran about her aim of making thi...

FINANCE

SEND funding boost of £280m announced

By Martin Ford | 09 April 2021

Councils will receive £280m to create new school places for pupils with special educational needs...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Somerset MP urges county to up SEN spend

By Mark Conrad | 08 April 2021

A Somerset MP has urged the county council to find £2.4m from existing coffers to settle a two-ye...

EDUCATION

Councillors call extraordinary meeting over director secondment

By Martin Ford | 23 March 2021

Councillors in Stockport said they had been ‘treated with contempt’ after a joint director with T...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Pressure mounts over SEND grant deficit

By EXCLUSIVE By Dan Peters | 17 February 2021

Councils are facing renewed pressure from the Department for Education (DfE) to make cuts to brin...

EDUCATION

Cheshire leaders put concerns to Government on jabs, lockdown and schools

By Ann McGauran | 13 January 2021

Council leaders in Cheshire and their partners have written to the Government laying out their co...

EDUCATION

Council defies government by closing nurseries

By Martin Ford | 08 January 2021

A council has closed all of its nurseries to prevent the spread of COVID-19 despite the Governmen...

EDUCATION

Councils resist pressure to reopen schools

By Martin Ford | 04 January 2021

Scores of councils have raised concerns over the return of primary school pupils to classrooms am...

EDUCATION

Listening to and acting on young people's lockdown stories

By Daisy Carter | 23 December 2020

Innovation Unit has drawn up a set of recommendations for any local authority to build an ecosyst...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

c£275,000

Croydon: London’s largest borough. London’s most important leadership role. Apply for this job

Croydon Council

Corporate Director - Planning

£97,966 - £126,181

Do you share our ambition for Dorset? Apply for this job

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Director - South London Partnership

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South London is a place of real ambition and remarkable scale. Apply for this job

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