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HUMAN RESOURCES
Avoiding failure: scanning for risks
01 March 2023
In the latest in a series of articles on how to avoid organisational failure, The MJ examines the...
BUSINESS
Investigator says 'heads must roll' after Croydon collapse
By Dan Peters | 24 February 2023
An independent report into the reasons for the financial collapse of Croydon LBC that has finally...
FINANCE
Slough rapped by auditor
By Martin Ford | 21 February 2023
Slough Council’s external auditor has uncovered ‘weaknesses in governance arrangements’ after loo...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Local government in the Land of the Long White Cloud
By Alex Parmley | 15 February 2023
Alex Parmley offers a leadership perspective from a district council in New Zealand, where local ...
WHITEHALL
Pride, innovation... and disappointment
By Karen Fuller | 15 February 2023
Karen Fuller sets out Oxfordshire CC’s experiences of preparing to pilot social care charging ref...
WELFARE
Council benefits teams struggling, auditors warn
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2023
People are waiting longer for housing benefit claims while Scotland’s councils face soaring workl...
COUNCILLORS
Avoiding failure: A how-to guide
08 February 2023
In the first in a series of articles on how to avoid organisational failure, The MJ looks at the ...
FINANCE
Peterborough's baptism of fire
By Heather Jameson | 01 February 2023
First-time chief executive Matt Gladstone says that when he took on the challenge of turning roun...
LEGAL
Juggling with council-owned companies
By Paul Rushworth | 01 February 2023
Paul Rushworth looks at the challenges associated with the corporate governance of local authorit...
RECRUITMENT
Liverpool is now entering a new era
By Joanne Anderson | 30 January 2023
Mayor of Liverpool City Council Joanne Anderson reflects on her time in office and explains why s...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
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Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
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
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- 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
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