BUSINESS

Collaborate with businesses and schools to address skills gap, MPs tell councils

By Hiba Mahamadi | 23 January 2018

Local authorities, local enterprise partnerships, businesses, schools and colleges should come to...

BUSINESS

Cabinet Office: Interserve not going to be another Carillion

By Hiba Mahamadi | 18 January 2018

The Cabinet Office has denied rumours it is concerned infrastructure firm Interserve is headed in...

BUSINESS

Councils lack PFI management skills

By Hiba Mahamadi | 18 January 2018

Local authorities lack the skills necessary to manage Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts ...

EDUCATION

Corridors of power

05 December 2017

Conservative Party special advisers Simon Fortescue-Smythe and Julian Ponsonby are speculating ab...

EDUCATION

Ofsted to move away from passing judgments

By Hiba Mahamadi | 16 November 2017

Ofsted wants to change its relationship with local authorities by having annual conversations wit...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's commissioner adds to calls for Universal Credit pause

By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 November 2017

The children’s commissioner Anne Longfield will ask the Treasury to pause the rollout of Universa...

EDUCATION

'Vary funding as required'

By Hiba Mahamadi | 18 October 2017

Local authorities have been told to vary the Government’s funding formula for schools if they fee...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

£20m for sector-led kids' services

By Dan Peters | 18 October 2017

The Department for Education (DfE) has signalled a major policy shift with a £20m investment for ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Sector's ethnicity under government scrutiny

By Mark Conrad | 10 October 2017

Councils have been warned they must ‘explain or change’ their record on ethnicity despite fresh d...

WHITEHALL

Funding review 'a priority'

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2017

The local government fair funding review is a priority and could be implemented by 2020/21, White...

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frederica-diamanta

Procurement Manager

Up to £60k (inc. market supplement*)

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to lead a small central team. Apply for this job

Dacorum Borough Council

Corporate Investigation Officer RBKC618350

£41,967 - £50,088 per annum

Three local authorities, one aim: to prevent and overcome fraud. Apply for this job

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council

Service Manager (Child Care Law)

£54,986 - £58,701 (includes a 10% market supplement, reviewed annually and paid monthly)

Do you have successful relevant management experience in a local authority setting? Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council