Title
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...
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Chief Executive
Competitive Salary
If you share that attitude and have the skills and experience to deliver, you could be our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
Armed Forces Commissioner
£170,000 per annum
Premium jobThis is a unique opportunity to serve as the independent champion for Service personnel Apply for this job
Strategic Leads
£87,249 to £95,382
Premium jobAs a Strategic Lead, you will play a central role in the next phase of this journey. We are seeking an ambitious and inspiring leaders Apply for this job
- Local government reorganisation: Financial sustainability amid uncertainty
- EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs push for councils to be viewed equally as Government seeks to rewire the state
- Local government reorganisation: Keeping services options open
- Local government reorganisation review nears completion
- Calls for all councils to develop unique place-based growth plans
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