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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...
WHITEHALL
Rate retention to be put under scrutiny
By Dan Peters | 10 August 2016
Business rates retention will come under further scrutiny with a report to be produced by the Nat...
WHITEHALL
Funding fears over Whitehall devo strategy
By Thomas Bridge | 13 July 2016
Whitehall has been warned it is ‘building failure’ into devolution unless it provides more fundin...
FINANCE
Watchdog in HS2 warning
By Jamie Hailstone | 28 June 2016
The promised regeneration benefits from the Government’s controversial HS2 programme may not mate...
WHITEHALL
NAO leader heads to the Cayman Islands
21 June 2016
National Audit Office (NAO) executive leader for local services Sue Higgins will be stepping down...
Director of Finance Deputy Section 151 Officer
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Director of Finance Deputy Section 151 Officer
£106,554 - £116,305
Help shape the future of one of England’s largest unitary councils. Apply for this job
Director of Governance and Civic Services
c£130,000
As the Council’s statutory Monitoring Officer, you will champion strong governance and integrity Apply for this job
Executive Director Corporate Resources, Section 151 Officer
up to £160,217
The successful candidate will combine outstanding professional credibility and the ability to influence Apply for this job
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