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NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
It will be the service user who risks losing the most from delayed audits
By Rob Whiteman | 07 March 2023
As the NAO report concludes, delays in local audit accounts pose a risk to the Whole of Governmen...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Looking at alternatives to competitive funding pots
By Abdool Kara | 07 March 2023
Could the resources invested in failed bids, added to the immense resources needed to assess them...
WHITEHALL
Treasury tightens grip over DLUHC spending
By Dan Peters | 08 February 2023
New capital projects by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) will now...
FINANCE
FRC to develop local audit workforce strategy
By Dan Peters | 25 January 2023
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to develop a local audit workforce strategy this year as...
FINANCE
The trillion dollar question
By Michael Burton | 25 January 2023
Our public services seem to be broken but we are spending a trillion pounds a year – so where is ...
PAY
Time for a social care system refresh
By Paul Marinko | 18 January 2023
Social care is beset by a perfect storm of problems. What needs to change, and are there any chin...
SOLACE
So many failures looks like carelessness, as Oscar Wilde almost said
By Abdool Kara | 10 January 2023
Some combination of senior councillors and officers is at fault when it comes to council failures...
PEOPLE
EXCLUSIVE: Former audit head lined up for new watchdog
By Heather Jameson | 08 December 2022
A former head of the National Audit Office (NAO) is to chair the new local government watchdog.
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Getting place-based partnerships right
By Ann McGauran | 24 October 2022
New Integrated Care Systems must understand their local landscapes and focus on prevention if the...
HEALTH
Taking back control of our water
By Dominic Harrison | 28 September 2022
Dominic Harrison says that using public health powers there may be some steps councils can take n...
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£95,202-£104,722 per annum
West Oxfordshire District Council is seeking an exceptional and forward-thinking Director of Place Apply for this job
Registered Manager - Children's Home - WMF2725e
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This post is a crucial leadership role within the exciting new Westmorland and Furness children’s home service area. Apply for this job
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Westmorland and Furness Council will be an ambitious authority that will shape public services for the better Apply for this job
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