BUSINESS

Councils will look and feel very different in future

By Paul Dossett | 09 December 2014

The narrative of local government austerity is familiar and will necessarily continue to be told,...

HEALTH

Association's director general to retire

24 November 2014

The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has announced that its director general, Barry Denni...

FINANCE

Crisis commissioners?

By Stephen Hughes | 21 November 2014

The recent Tower Hamlets intervention underlines the importance of statutory officer posts and re...

SOCIAL CARE

Data points

By Dr Tom Smith | 18 November 2014

Better use of data can help local authority managers get the best bang for their buck, argues Dr ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Council's senior management team praised

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2014

Northamptonshire CC’s senior management team has been praised by the independent chair of the cou...

HEALTH

Playing it safe?

By Dan Peters | 12 November 2014

Dan Peters reports from a recent round table in which chief executives weighed up the biggest imp...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

MJ People 13 November

11 November 2014

HEALTH

Watchdog criticises Better Care Fund planning

By Jamie Hailstone | 11 November 2014

Care bosses have called for better long-term financial planning following a report by the Nationa...

LEGAL

Legal heads' association president steps down after tribunal ruling

By Michael Burton | 06 November 2014

Essex CC’s Philip Thomson has stepped down as president of the council legal heads’ association p...

HUMAN RESOURCES

A fair price for effective leadership?

By Gillian Quinton | 03 November 2014

Gillian Quinton argues the case for a radical new approach to executive reward in the public sector