WHITEHALL

One in four LEPs 'not accountable to electorate'

By James Evison | 06 December 2016

One in four local enterprise partnerships admit they are not accountable to their local electorat...

FINANCE

No pressure on mergers, insists minister Drakeford

By Dan Peters | 29 November 2016

Welsh minister Mark Drakeford has admitted he faces competition from his colleagues to push throu...

FINANCE

'Unsustainable' NHS finances prompt social care funding calls

By Sam Clayden | 22 November 2016

The dire state of NHS finances is further evidence that the social care sector should be a priori...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Swale BC top role in question as Kara lands NAO job

By Sam Clayden | 16 November 2016

The chief executive position at Swale BC has been left in question after current boss Abdool Kara...

BUSINESS

LEPs 'must provide greater transparency'

16 November 2016

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will have to provide greater assurances on how they spend go...

FINANCE

Authorities' conundrum over legality of MRP recalculations

By Thomas Bridge | 26 October 2016

Councils are ‘uncertain’ about the legality of their response to debt costs, as mounting pressure...

FINANCE

Servicing councils' debt costs

By Aileen Murphie | 26 October 2016

Aileen Murphie examines the latest National Audit Office research on the cost of servicing counci...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

NAO: Government children's services reforms unsuccessful

By Sam Clayden | 12 October 2016

Auditors have blasted government attempts to rectify failure within children’s services, warning ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Trusts no 'quick fix' for failures in kids' services

By Sam Clayden | 12 October 2016

Delivering children’s services through a trust is not a ‘quick fix’ solution to failure, an acade...

WHITEHALL

NAO slams DfE's apprenticeship programme

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 September 2016

The National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the Department for Education’s (DfE) handling of t...

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Legal Services Manager & Deputy Monitoring Officer

£52,381 - £54,523 per annum (pay award pending)

Mansfield District Council is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lawyer. Apply for this job

Mansfield District Council

Assistant Director of Streetscene, Community Safety and Enforcement

£63,391 - £70,094 per annum (pay award pending)

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Director of Culture, Leisure, and Tourism

£101,916 & benefits

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