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LEGAL
Interim chief vows to 'get to bottom' of South Ribble failures
By Thomas Bridge | 26 September 2016
South Ribble’s BC’s new interim chief executive has vowed to ‘get to the bottom’ of council failu...
LEGAL
'Major governance failures' found in South Ribble BC
By Thomas Bridge | 20 September 2016
An investigation into South Ribble BC’s handling of a safeguarding review has uncovered ‘major co...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Late-night licensing: nirvana or nightmare?
By James Evison | 14 September 2016
In The MJ last week, Claire Fox said councils and their over-zealous approach to licensing was to...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
No lights out for nights out
By Claire Fox | 06 September 2016
Written just before Islington LBCs decision on the future of Fabric nightclub, Claire Fox urges c...
SCRUTINY
Council 'failed' to safeguard taxi passengers
By Laura Sharman | 23 June 2016
South Ribble Council had failed to make the safety of taxi passengers a priority when issuing lic...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Jailing of Rotherham gang is 'turning point'
By Dan Peters | 26 February 2016
The leader of Rotherham MBC has described the jailing of a gang who groomed, raped and abused tee...
BUSINESS
'Surf tax' planned to tackle visitor impact
By Dan Peters | 10 September 2015
Councils in tourist hotspots have been weighing up ways of coping with the financial impact of vi...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
One Year From Jay: Rotherham could 'win back powers in 2017'
By Dan Peters | 25 August 2015
The head of the intervention team sent in to turn around Rotherham MBC hopes to hand back ‘some o...
BUSINESS
Districts should welcome Sunday trading powers
By Ian Miller | 18 August 2015
One of the policy announcements in the Summer Budget was a proposal to devolve decision-making on...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Not a shaw thing!
12 August 2015
Summertime and the living is easy, unless you happen to travel by rickshaw and get stung by overz...
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Chief Executive
£188,576 - £201,902 (pay award pending)
Join us for a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK’s newest and most ambitious councils Apply for this job
Finance Development Accountant
Band I (£55,609 to £59,025)
Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
LGR Programme Director
Up to £120k
This is a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government in Worcestershire. Apply for this job
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