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FINANCE
Using data to improve supplier payment efficiency
By Linda Weston - Head of Commercial Cards, Lloyds | 17 June 2026
Optima, Lloyds’ supplier payment data analysis tool, brings together deep payments expertise and ...
FINANCE
Concerns persist despite Local Audit Office creation
By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2026
The local audit system is out of ‘intensive care’ but still in ‘high dependency’, the Government’...
FINANCE
The funding faultlines that could divide streets
By Gabriel Stewart | 16 June 2026
Analysis reveals stark funding disparities between neighbouring councils under the Government’s f...
FINANCE
The role of internal audit for councils under pressure
By Diana Melville | 16 June 2026
Diana Melville says financial pressure exposes weaknesses in governance, control and capacity, an...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Former councillor rages at lack of accountability for Brum failures
By Joe Lepper | 15 June 2026
Senior officers and commissioners at Birmingham City Council should be held to account for their ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Westbrook to decide on reorganisation legal challenge
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2026
The chief executive of Conservative-led Hampshire CC Gary Westbrook will take further advice from...
POLICY AND POLITICS
40% of West Surrey revenue budget to be absorbed by servicing debt
By Dan Peters | 11 June 2026
Some 40% of one of the new Surrey unitaries’ net revenue budget will be absorbed by servicing deb...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Think-tank warning over social housing reforms
By Joe Lepper | 11 June 2026
A lack of grant funding to councils threatens to derail the Government’s social housing reforms, ...
FINANCE
Scottish councils funding falling short
By Paul Marinko | 11 June 2026
Funding for Scottish councils is failing to keep pace with rising costs and demand according to t...
FINANCE
Council faces 'inevitable' bankruptcy without £40m savings
By William Eichler | 10 June 2026
Westmorland and Furness Council could be forced to declare effective bankruptcy if it fails to fi...
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
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Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
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- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Competitive
The strategic voice of finance at the heart of Dudley. Apply for this job
Director of Commissioning, Procurement & Contract Management
£99k - £103k
When you’re spending ten figures a year, you need to be way beyond just asking ‘how many, and how much? Apply for this job
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
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