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EDUCATION
Kier ends contract with Hackney
By Martin Ford | 20 February 2020
Hackney LBC has brought a £2.5m outsourcing contract with Kier in-house.
FINANCE
Essex challenges evidence base for Basildon unitary bid
By Martin Ford | 12 February 2020
Essex CC’s leader has questioned the benefits of Basildon BC’s pursuit of unitary status.
FINANCE
Scottish councils' improvements 'stalling'
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2020
Spending on culture and leisure, economic development, and roads all fell by around a quarter las...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Examining the boarding school effect
By Paul Marinko | 28 January 2020
Councils appear to be reluctant to explore the option of placing the children they support at boa...
EDUCATION
Cyber Central transformation
By Heather Jameson | 28 January 2020
Rather than wait for a private developer to buy land next to the GCHQ building, the council stepp...
EDUCATION
Medway caves after Ombudsman rap
By Dan Peters | 16 January 2020
Medway Council has finally accepted the recommendations in a Local Government Ombudsman public in...
FINANCE
Let's put investment into our school buildings
By Gary Fielding | 15 January 2020
Schools capital allocations have been skewed by political priorities, says Gary Fielding As a res...
EDUCATION
Sutton set to take full ownership of outsourced education company
By Martin Ford | 09 January 2020
An independent report has found that the company had ‘moved away’ from the council’s ‘ambitions a...
EDUCATION
'We must do more than tinker at the edges'
By Phil Norrey | 09 January 2020
The system needs a truly sustainable multi-year financial settlement to ensure children and young...
LONDON COUNCILS
A gap that will prove hard to close
By Dan Peters | 09 January 2020
Dan Peters investigates the scale of the funding challenge faced by the 32 councils told by the G...
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Transport and Major Work Manager
£54,556 to £60,085 per year Inclusive of Local Weighting Allowance of £1096
Premium jobDrive the future of transport and infrastructure in Slough Apply for this job
Head of In-House Repairs and Maintenance
£69,228 - £78,018
We are seeking an exceptional and experienced leader to join our Housing service as Head of In-House Repairs and Maintenance. Apply for this job
Head of Constitutional and Electoral Services
£89,037 - £92,538
This role will place you at the centre of political decision-making and governance in the Council. Apply for this job
- Council urged to take immediate steps to cut costs
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- EXCLUSIVE: Second home owners paying up on council tax, leaders say
- Government rejects SEND power expansion for councils
- Local government reorganisation: What councils must get right
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