LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Tweeting the gap between #localgov and communities

By Adam Leeder | 12 December 2014

This year councils showed a greater appetite for and invested more time in using social media tha...

FINANCE

Labour proposes £500m CLG budget cutbacks

By Jonathan Werran | 11 December 2014

Labour Party shadow ministers today announced 'zero based review' plans drive further £500m CLG c...

FINANCE

Autumn Statement: what to do now the circus has left town?

By Martin Cresswell | 11 December 2014

Local government must not allow the political expediency of the Autumn Statement to deflect it fr...

FINANCE

SOLACE/CIPFA deal aims to add more financial 'variety'

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2014

Two officer-led local government organisations are in talks to develop a finance-based sector-led...

FINANCE

Back to work schemes short change authorities

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 December 2014

Councils are being short-changed by programmes to get people back into work, while Whitehall reap...

FINANCE

Back off, Brum's chief tells Sir Bob

By Heather Jameson | 10 December 2014

Birmingham City Council has hit back at Sir Bob Kerslake for being too detailed and dictatorial i...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Axe fears over top-slice

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2014

The future of sector-led improvement hangs in the balance with fears that Whitehall’s grant to th...

BUSINESS

Councils will look and feel very different in future

By Paul Dossett | 09 December 2014

The narrative of local government austerity is familiar and will necessarily continue to be told,...

FINANCE

Man with a plan for the future

08 December 2014

Dan Peters met Wyre Forest DC’s chief executive, Ian Miller, to talk about the council’s big proj...

SOCIAL CARE

Creating better social workers

08 December 2014

A collective call to action has united 15 northern councils to champion the vital role of childre...

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Assistant Voids Repairs Manager

£51,093 - £54,129

We are seeking an experienced Assistant Voids Repairs Manager to support the Voids Repairs team Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Contract Lawyer

£45,647.00 to £47,966.00 per annum + £3,000 market supplement

We are looking for a qualified lawyer to join our friendly and supportive in-house legal team. Apply for this job

Isle of Wight Council

Chief Executive

£175,000 – 195,000 plus returning officer allowance

Gloucestershire is the envy of many and we’re looking for an exceptional new Chief Executive to take things to the next level Apply for this job

Gloucestershire County Council