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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...
FINANCE
Details of £300m grant 'not in the public interest'
By Dan Peters | 21 June 2016
The Government has refused to publish key details about how its £300m transitional grant was allo...
FINANCE
Capital spend warning for councils
By Tom Bridge | 15 June 2016
Auditors have warned the risks from shifting council investment in capital programmes must be bet...
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- More grief ahead as reorganisation is plunged into chaos
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Chief Executive
£205,749 to £224,986
Premium jobNorth Yorkshire Council is seeking an exceptional leader to become our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
£competitive
We are looking for an exceptional senior leader with a strong record of leading change Apply for this job
Assistant Director Finance & Governance and Deputy Section 151 Officer
up to £121,526 + a monthly car allowance of £200 per month + fringe allowance of £753 per annum
You will lead a broad and influential portfolio including finance, revenues and benefits, procurement, audit, risk, insurance and corporate fraud. Apply for this job
- More grief ahead as reorganisation is plunged into chaos
- Rayner orders review of local government reorganisation
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
- The local government reorganisation reset changes the recruitment brief
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
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