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COUNCIL TAX
Steering care through crisis
By Heather Jameson | 25 January 2021
The entire care market still faces massive challenges. As part of the National Audit Office inves...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
What a year!
By Ann McGauran | 15 December 2020
The MJ reflects on another year in local government, significantly influenced by the pandemic tha...
WHITEHALL
Boost to local test and trace funding
By Martin Ford | 11 December 2020
The increase of up to £200m per month follows criticism from the National Audit Office.
WHITEHALL
Flood funding for councils may not be enough, watchdog finds
By Martin Ford | 27 November 2020
The Government is unable to prove councils have enough funding for flood defences, a spending wat...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Nine regional chiefs deliver Whitehall ultimatum
By Dan Peters | 29 September 2020
An ultimatum has been delivered by the nine regional chief executives working closely with the Go...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Future Forum: Spending chief highlights 'amazing financial pressure' on councils
By Ann McGauran | 24 September 2020
The head of the National Audit Office (NAO) today highlighted the ‘amazing financial pressure’ co...
FINANCE
Before reorganisation we need a clear view of the sector's core purpose
By Abdool Kara | 16 September 2020
How local government 'can sensibly be reorganised without a clear view of its core purpose (will ...
FINANCE
NAO hits out at late accounts
By Michael Burton | 23 July 2020
A rise in late auditing of local government accounts has come under fire from the National Audit ...
FINANCE
Ministers deny Town's fund cronyism
By Heather Jameson | 21 July 2020
Ministers have denied allegations that they favoured Conservative areas when they distributed mon...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Let's think carefully about the best scale for delivering public services
By Abdool Kara | 20 July 2020
We have seen a lack of sophisticated thinking by Government about the level at which COVID-19 ini...
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- Chiefs take charge
- Government's fiscal devolution roadmap sparks fears over Treasury control
- Unai Emery's brilliance provides a great blueprint for local government finance leaders
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We have an exciting role on offer within our Adult Social Care and Health service as a Access Safeguarding Lead Officer. Apply for this job
Head of Democratic Services
£61,106 - £65,498
We have an exciting role on offer within our Legal and Corporate service as Head of Democratic Services. Apply for this job
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We are seeking an experienced and motivated Advanced Practitioner Social Worker (APSW) Apply for this job
- Chiefs take charge
- Government's fiscal devolution roadmap sparks fears over Treasury control
- Unai Emery's brilliance provides a great blueprint for local government finance leaders
- Two-thirds of councils facing a live equal pay risk
- Councils question financial sustainability and timescales of SEND reforms
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