FINANCE

The Spending Review conundrum

By Angela Mitchell | 30 October 2014

Having cut and exhausted the 'low-hanging fruit', public service leaders expect further Spending ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Give us a break!

By Dan Corry | 27 October 2014

Council chief executives and hard-pressed local authority staff should ‘bend it like Raheem’ and ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

MJ People - 30 October

27 October 2014

HUMAN RESOURCES

Solitaire is not an option

By Raffaela Goodby | 27 October 2014

A new era of local government is coming, suggests Raffaela Goodby, and a major rethink in our use...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Derby day winners

By Jonathan Werran | 27 October 2014

Derby City Council scooped the awards for senior management team of the year and workforce transf...

FINANCE

How to keep staff when pay is static

By Michael Burton | 27 October 2014

Michael Burton reports from a recent evening debate in Trafford with local government private sec...

HUMAN RESOURCES

When meetings go bad

By Blair Mcpherson | 24 October 2014

When a politician gatecrashes senior management team meetings they cross the invisible line that ...

BUSINESS

LDL moves back to local authority ownership

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 October 2014

Liverpool City Council’s controversial partnership with BT – Liverpool Direct (LDL) – looks set t...

HUMAN RESOURCES

MJ People 23 October

20 October 2014

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Council appeals dismissal case

15 October 2014

A council has decided to appeal the decision of an employment tribunal that criticised the behavi...