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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Calls for policy shift over school local authority control
By Mark Whitehead | 03 September 2015
Councils must be given urgent new powers to control the intake of academies and free schools, loc...
WHITEHALL
Devo bids process blasted for promoting 'short-term' plans
By Dan Peters | 03 September 2015
A senior sector figure has suggested the Treasury’s devolution bid process encourages a short-ter...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Cooper calls on councils to help tackle refugee crisis
By Mark Whitehead | 02 September 2015
Labour leadership contender Yvette Cooper has called for a special conference of local authoritie...
FINANCE
LGA calls for costs to be considered in Spending Review
By Heather Jameson | 01 September 2015
Local authorities face a further £20bn in cost pressures by 2020, in addition to having their bud...
FINANCE
DCLG grants £4.37m to fund Birmingham improvement
By Dan Peters | 01 September 2015
Birmingham City Council will speed up work on its improvement programme thanks to a £4.37m grant ...
WHITEHALL
Public health cut 'short-sighted'
By Dan Peters | 28 August 2015
The Government’s proposed in-year cut to the public health budget is ‘short-sighted, short-term a...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA chair Porter given peerage
By Dan Peters | 27 August 2015
Local Government Association (LGA) chairman Gary Porter has been unveiled as a new Tory peer in t...
FINANCE
Councils defend use of bailiffs
By Laura Sharman | 27 August 2015
Councils have defended their council tax collection strategies after figures showed they referred...
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...
FINANCE
Counties call for Hunt meeting on care
By Mark Whitehead | 21 August 2015
County council leaders have called for an urgent meeting with the health secretary after warning ...
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Armed Forces Commissioner
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Executive Director Finance, Governance and Assets (s151)
£153,592 - £168,952
Local government in Surrey is being reshaped for the first time in more than 50 years. Apply for this job
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Debate on unitary council size intensifies ahead of Government review
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