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FINANCE

Our unsustainable finance system needs a reboot

By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2020

Heather Jameson says the finance system is increasingly unsustainable and local government has no...

FINANCE

Business rates blow

By Dan Peters | 04 February 2020

Plans to use business rates to fund local government have been dealt a major blow by a survey tha...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: 100% business rates retention could be back on agenda

By Dan Peters | 07 January 2020

Full retention of business rates could shoot back up the agenda as part of a long-awaited Governm...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Majority of councils expect to spend more on Brexit than Government has allotted

08 October 2019

More than half of chief executives (56%) expect to spend more on Brexit preparations than the Gov...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Building from the ground up

By Jonathan Carr-West | 24 September 2019

Dr Jonathan Carr-West says the energy directed at Brexit could have been focused on other things ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Brexit guidance 'inadequate'

By Dan Peters | 03 September 2019

Guidance provided by the Government in relation to the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit on ch...

POVERTY

Fuelling the future

By Hiba Mahamadi | 14 August 2019

Hiba Mahamadi looks at how the two councils who have stepped in to the energy market have fared s...

WHITEHALL

Emergency settlement call as councils face financial cliff-edge

By Dan Peters | 15 July 2019

Calls have been made by a think-tank for a one-year emergency local government settlement with co...

FINANCE

Bringing new members up to speed on funding

By Ann McGauran | 09 July 2019

England’s new cadre of councillors need to navigate a perfect storm of financial challenges. How ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Rolling out a new institutionalism

By Jonathan Carr-West | 09 July 2019

Dr Jonathan Carr-West wonders if, alongside new localism, we need a new institutionalism too?

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Director of Law, Governance, Policy and HR - Monitoring Officer

£107,232 to £112,065

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Rushcliffe Borough Council

Corporate Director Children's Services

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Director of Public Health

£116,667 - £139,386

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Law, Governance, Policy and HR - Monitoring Officer

£107,232 to £112,065

This is a pivotal role, providing leadership across legal, HR, electoral and policy services at a defining moment for local government. Apply for this job

Rushcliffe Borough Council

Corporate Director Children's Services

£Competitive

Children's Services plays a critical role in shaping the future of Buckinghamshire. Apply for this job

Buckinghamshire Council

Director of Public Health

£116,667 - £139,386

Redbridge is an ambitious east London borough, one of the fastest growing parts of the country and the third most diverse in the capital. Apply for this job

Redbridge London Borough Council

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