Warning to councils after £1m fraud case
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 employee to commit a £1.1m fraud over nearly two decades.

ELECTIONS

Biggs wins Tower Hamlets mayoral election re-run

By Dan Peters | 12 June 2015

Labour’s John Biggs has become the directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets in a re-run of the ele...

FINANCE

Mystery of Tower Hamlets posts

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

Tower Hamlets LBC’s commissioners have approved permanent appointments to the senior posts of chi...

FINANCE

A leap of faith

By Adele Taylor | 27 May 2015

There’s a bit of a buzz building across Hertfordshire as we await a special day in our diaries, w...

BUSINESS

Council staff plead guilty to taking bribes

By MJ reporter | 20 May 2015

Two former employees of Edinburgh City Council have pleaded guilty to receiving bribes for buildi...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Council clarifies chief executive fraud comments

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 May 2015

Woking BC has clarified comments made by its chief executive after criticism he was linking the t...

LEGAL

UPDATED: Police pledge to 'fully investigate' Tower Hamlets concerns

By Dan Peters | 24 April 2015

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has pledged to ‘fully investigate’ any allegations after To...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Stand-off over counter-fraud strategy

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2015

A new counter-fraud strategy for councils has been delayed with the Department for Communities an...

FINANCE

Going going gone!

By Melanie Carter | 17 March 2015

With the imminent demise of the Audit Commission after nearly 30 years as local government’s spen...

LEGAL

Pickles: Councils acting out James Bond fantasies

By Heather Jameson | 13 March 2015

Councils were accused of ‘acting out their James Bond fantasies’ by communities secretary Eric Pi...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Urban councils to present 'fairer' funding model

By Dan Peters | 24 February 2015

Urban areas will today outline a fairer funding model that would establish the ‘true base cost of...

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Deputy Lead / Team Manager Occupational Therapy

£61,980 - £65,478

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to delivering high-quality social care services to our diverse community. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Change & Improvement Manager

£61,980 - £65,478

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Change & Improvement Team on a two-year fixed-term contract. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

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