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HEALTH

Councils submit bids as Devolution Day arrives

By Dan Peters | 04 September 2015

Councils around the country have submitted devolution bids to meet the Treasury’s deadline.

WHITEHALL

North Lanarkshire promotes director

03 September 2015

North Lanarkshire Council has appointed regeneration and environmental services director Paul Juk...

WHITEHALL

An issue of control

By Mark Whitehead | 03 September 2015

Education is being prised out of the hands of local authorities, but it may have gone too far, sa...

WHITEHALL

Reserves cap mooted for next Spending Review

By Thomas Bridge | 03 September 2015

Council reserves could be capped as part of cost-cutting efforts in chancellor George Osborne’s u...

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...

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frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director: Integrated Community Support

£89,862 - £103,472

What if local government didn’t wait for crises, and instead focused relentlessly on helping people live healthier, safer and more fulfilling lives... Apply for this job

Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent Councils

Highways Group Manager

Grade 12 - £57,386 - £59,639

Premium jobThis is a senior leadership role requiring a visible, innovative and collaborative leader Apply for this job

Pembrokeshire County Council

Head of Health Determinants Research Collaboration

£69,151 - £73,937

Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different Apply for this job

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