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REORGANISATION

New year of everything, everywhere, all at once

By Heather Jameson | 15 January 2025

'If the Labour Government is successful in its plans to scrap two-tier local government during it...

FINANCE

Chiefs expecting pressure to spend ahead of reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 14 January 2025

Council chiefs expect to come under intense pressure from leaders to sanction questionable spendi...

FINANCE

National Insurance compensation is 'total shambles'

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2025

The Government’s handling of compensating councils for the increase in employers’ National Insura...

PRIVATE SECTOR

Jones: Private sector to examine Whitehall efficiency

13 January 2025

Private sector ‘experts’ could be drafted into the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Gov...

FINANCE

We can't wait for finance reform

By Patrick Meila | 13 January 2025

Despite the pace of change in local government, the crisis in local government finance remain unt...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Special educational needs statutory override is 'abomination'

By Martin Ford | 09 January 2025

Accountancy alone will not be enough to end the ‘abomination’ of statutory overrides for special ...

FINANCE

Warning to councils after £1m fraud case

By William Eichler | 09 January 2025

Local authorities have been urged to learn from weaknesses that enabled an Aberdeen City Council ...

REORGANISATION

McMahon: No cap on devo priority programme

By Martin Ford | 09 January 2025

There will be no cap on the number of areas included in the Government’s devolution priority prog...

POLITICS

Phillipson open to Government funding local grooming inquiries

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2025

Ministers have promised the Government will ‘take whatever steps necessary to keep children safe’...

SEND

SEN expansion could be costly - IFS

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2025

The Government’s long-term desire to expand special educational needs (SEN) provision in mainstre...

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North East Lincolnshire Council

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director – Community Health, Wellbeing & Prevention (DASS)

£160,000

Southampton is a bold, diverse and fast-changing city. Apply for this job

Southampton City Council

Principal Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial

£54,495 - £56,494 + Market Rate Supplement of £3000

Do you want to make a difference to local people? Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Practice Supervisor - Integrated Front Door

From £50,269 to £63,837

Are you an effective and decisive leader? Apply for this job

North East Lincolnshire Council