HEALTH

Councils 'were close' to dumping the BCF

By Dan Peters | 02 December 2014

The Local Government Association (LGA) considered walking away from the Better Care Fund (BCF) pr...

HEALTH

Extra funding for fraud clampdown

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2014

A range of council-led projects to claw back billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money lost every ye...

WHITEHALL

Pressure growing for welfare fund U-turn

By Dan Peters | 25 November 2014

Councils have called for the Government to continue to fund local welfare provision amid criticis...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Council officers' CSE commitment after inquiry

By Dan Peters | 25 November 2014

Senior Birmingham City Council officers have expressed their commitment to tackling child sexual ...

FINANCE

A sellers' market

By Vincent King | 21 November 2014

With many more authorities keen to sell services rather than buy-in, councils should be realistic...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Birmingham director hails 'groundbreaking' sexual exploitation case

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2014

Birmingham City Council’s strategic director for people has hailed a ‘groundbreaking’ case that l...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Tower Hamlets cautions Pickles over intervention

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles is facing calls to scale back the proposed powers of the commi...

FINANCE

Are you ready for the challenge?

By Emily Strange | 18 November 2014

Councils should prepare and protect themselves ahead of biggest change to procurement rules in a ...

FINANCE

Lawyers lead the way

By Michael Burton | 18 November 2014

An innovative local authority legal practice is providing a successful support service for other ...

WHITEHALL

Tower Hamlets loses legal battle

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 November 2014

A High Court judge has thrown out a second attempt by Tower Hamlets LBC to fight government moves...

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Director of Economy

£95,050 - £105,438 plus relocation package

This is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Legal (Monitoring Officer)

£73,755-82,065 plus relocation package

This is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Transport Strategy

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Join our new organisation as Head of Transport Strategy to connect a whole region for transformational impact. Apply for this job

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