CHILDREN'S SERVICES

New directors add to improvement pace

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2019

Croydon LBC’s new executive director and director of early help and children’s social care have q...

FINANCE

Redditch slapped with rare Section 24

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2019

Auditor Grant Thornton has slapped Redditch BC with a rare Section 24 notice and urged it to take...

WHITEHALL

Second management overhaul for Grenfell council in two years

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2019

Further changes will be made to Kensington & Chelsea LBC’s management structure to ‘make it fit f...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

'Mean, nasty, brutish and short'

By Paul Wheeler | 24 July 2019

A recent reunion of the original cast of the late Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) has l...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Government: Brum no longer requires children's commissioner

By Naomi Larsson | 23 July 2019

Birmingham City Council no longer requires a Government-appointed commissioner to run its childre...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's services progress 'slow and uneven'

By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019

Ofsted has described the progress of Reading BC to improve its children’s services as ‘slow, unev...

FINANCE

New shared leadership team for council pair

By Paul Marinko | 22 July 2019

Two councils that recently reinstated the position of joint chief executive have laid out plans t...

FINANCE

Barnsley 'high performing' despite austerity

By Naomi Larsson | 22 July 2019

Barnsley MBC is ‘high performing’ despite its long battle with austerity, a peer review by the Lo...

WHITEHALL

Brum tourist tax call from ex-ministers

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2019

Former ministers have called for a tourist tax to be trialled in Birmingham to help fund the Comm...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

'Horrendous' member relations hampered St Helens

By Heather Jameson | 18 July 2019

A culture review by the Local Government Association found 'horrendous' relationships between mem...

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director Property

up to £91k

Around a 30-minute train journey from the centre of London. Apply for this job

Dacorum Borough Council

Social Care & Education Advocate

We are based in South West London and offer competitive salaries and a welcome payment of £3,000.

We are based in South West London and offer competitive salaries and a welcome payment of £3,000. Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton

Assistant Director, Policy, Partnerships & Communications

Up to £92,412 per annum

you’ll manage the Council’s Policy and Strategy Delivery; Communications, Events and Public Affairs. Apply for this job

Basildon Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director Property

up to £91k

Around a 30-minute train journey from the centre of London. Apply for this job

Dacorum Borough Council

Social Care & Education Advocate

We are based in South West London and offer competitive salaries and a welcome payment of £3,000.

We are based in South West London and offer competitive salaries and a welcome payment of £3,000. Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton

Assistant Director, Policy, Partnerships & Communications

Up to £92,412 per annum

you’ll manage the Council’s Policy and Strategy Delivery; Communications, Events and Public Affairs. Apply for this job

Basildon Borough Council