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WHITEHALL
Home Office under fresh asylum pressure
By Martin Ford | 10 October 2023
The Home Office came under fresh pressure this week to overhaul the mandatory National Transfer S...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Employers downplay equal pay risk
By Mark Conrad | 09 October 2023
Smith Square is monitoring equal pay claims across the sector but remains confident the national ...
LEGAL
Red tape risk to levelling up
By Martin Ford | 06 October 2023
New rules around subsidies risk holding back levelling up efforts, according to analysis publishe...
LEGAL
Safeguarding review after 10-year-old's death
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...
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- Election watchdog 'not consulted' before shadow poll cancellation
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- Worcestershire reorganisation row erupts
- Downgrading councils who use illegal children's homes holds sector to 'unattainable standard'
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Special A, SCP 42-45, £55,224 - £58,605 pa
You will be responsible for the Councils asset management system, and ensuring all data is valid and current. Apply for this job
Communities Locality Lead
£53,051 - £57,372 per annum
We’re looking for an inspiring, community‑focused leader to join our Localities Service as the Communities team Locality Lead for Selby & Ainsty. Apply for this job
Director of Place
£125k plus Distant Islands Allowance
This is a key strategic role in supporting the economic success of our islands Apply for this job
- Election watchdog 'not consulted' before shadow poll cancellation
- Labour Conference: McMahon will 'come back stronger' on LGR
- Worcestershire reorganisation row erupts
- Downgrading councils who use illegal children's homes holds sector to 'unattainable standard'
- Medway talks with ministry over finances
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