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FINANCE

Risky business

By Heather Jameson | 11 July 2022

Amid growing concern over risky investments, ministers are introducing new powers to intervene in...

WHITEHALL

Auditors praise department for evaluation

By Chris Mahony | 23 June 2022

The National Audit Office (NAO) has praised the Department for Education’s (DfE) approach in eval...

LEGISLATION

EXCLUSIVE: Government 'risks battle' on moving districts' functions without consent

By Ann McGauran | 17 May 2022

Districts will push to change the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to ensure their functions ca...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Centre has 'poor understanding' of what works on local growth, says NAO expert

By Ann McGauran | 16 May 2022

A large proportion of Government spending is ‘not robustly evaluated’ and there is poor understan...

INFRASTRUCTURE

The NAO will be paying close attention to the progress of levelling up

By Abdool Kara | 11 May 2022

Abdool Kara says it is straightforward to direct Government capital and infrastructure cash towar...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's services: leaving crisis management behind

By Martin Ford | 20 April 2022

With the National Audit Office’s investigation into the state of children’s services due later th...

WHITEHALL

New accountability body 'stops short' of Audit Commission reinvention

By Heather Jameson | 08 February 2022

Plans for a body to oversee the accountability of local government stop just short of re-inventin...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Auditors in levelling up warning

By Mark Conrad | 31 January 2022

The Government’s levelling up plans could be undermined by Whitehall failure to monitor what work...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: NAO to consider early intervention report

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2022

The National Audit Office (NAO) is to consider a report on early intervention and prevention afte...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

A late-notice, short-term and partial settlement poses problems

By Abdool Kara | 18 January 2022

There may be a clue about why the sector only has a one-year settlement in the lack of announceme...

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Corporate Director of Children’s Services

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Trafford Council

Fire Safety Lead

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North Yorkshire Council

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director of Children’s Services

Competitive Salary

You will be joining a council that is fully committed to improvement and where delivering the best start in life for children and young people Apply for this job

Trafford Council

Fire Safety Lead

£53,051- £57,372 per annum

Working closely with a broader compliance team, you will lead on the management and assurance of fire safety across the Council's estate. Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

Quantity Surveyor

£40,444 - £43,149 per annum + £4,370.75 Market supplement reviewed annually

Working within both the Major Works & Assets teams Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council

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