Legal

By Dan Peters | 05 October 2023

An independent safeguarding review is to begin following the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif.

FINANCE

Council to limit non-essential spending amid s114 threat

By Dan Peters | 28 September 2023

Windsor & Maidenhead BC is to limit all non-essential spending as it raised the risk of a section...

FINANCE

Five steps to avoiding s114

By Tiffany Cloynes | 18 September 2023

Tiffany Cloynes looks at the current landscape in relation to section 114 notices and sets out fi...

WHITEHALL

Cash injection for Kent as councils drag feet on National Transfer Scheme

By Mark Conrad | 18 September 2023

The Government has given Kent CC £10m for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) amid conce...

HUMAN RESOURCES

EXCLUSIVE: 'Local government could face its own Ruth Perry case'

By Ann McGauran | 13 September 2023

Local government could face a tragedy similar to the case of the headteacher who took her own lif...

FINANCE

Brum braced for Government intervention

By Mark Conrad | 12 September 2023

Birmingham City Council is braced for a wide-ranging Government intervention to help rescue the a...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Home Office threatens to ramp up pressure on asylum

By Struan Walker | 11 September 2023

Uncooperative councils could be strong-armed into taking greater numbers of asylum seekers, The M...

PLANNING

Council halts work on RAF Scampton

By Ellie Ames | 08 September 2023

West Lindsey DC has ordered the Home Office to stop work to convert a former military base into a...

BUSINESS

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh equal pay claims warning

By Mark Conrad | 05 September 2023

Councils face a fresh wave of potential equal pay claims after a legal ruling exposed problems wi...

Rethinking deprivation of liberty

By Lisa Harker | 26 August 2023

Lisa Harker reviews applications issued by the national Deprivation of Liberty court, and says it...

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

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Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council