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WHITEHALL
Knee-jerk regulation is not the answer to failure
By Michael Burton | 20 June 2023
Michael Burton says that in the wake of financial losses at Woking, Thurrock and elsewhere, the a...
FINANCE
Sector in regulation rift days before Oflog launch
By Martin Ford | 20 June 2023
Sector splits on regulation remain just days before the expected launch of the Office for Local G...
WHITEHALL
Usable reserves drop 11%
By Dan Peters | 19 June 2023
Usable reserves held by English councils dropped by 11% in 2022-23, according to analysis of 116 ...
DEVOLUTION
Blueprint for a mayor
By Megan Ingle | 14 June 2023
Ed Hammond and Megan Ingle reflect on good mayoral governance and the attributes that make for an...
FINANCE
The uncertainty principle
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 13 June 2023
Council finances are fragile after 13 years of cuts and an extended period of uncertainty, and mu...
LONDON COUNCILS
London wants to support genuine sector-led improvement
By Alison Griffin | 13 June 2023
Oflog has the potential to be part of a drive to improve local public services, but achieving thi...
FINANCE
Swimming against the financial tide
By Heather Jameson | 06 June 2023
Heather Jameson says without the powers to clamp down on those who go too far there will be restr...
WHITEHALL
Fresh LGA warning over Oflog
By Dan Peters | 05 June 2023
A senior Local Government Association (LGA) figure has warned ministers’ ‘unnecessary and unhelpf...
FINANCE
Harris to take interest in Oflog-audit interplay
By Dan Peters | 26 May 2023
The Financial Reporting Council’s first director of local audit wants to take a closer look at th...
WHITEHALL
Whitehall lobbied to expand Oflog metrics
By Dan Peters | 22 May 2023
Parts of the sector are pushing Whitehall officials to expand new watchdog Oflog’s metrics despit...
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Advanced Social Work Practitioner
£51,356.00 - £54,495.00, Grade 12, 37 hours, Permanent
You will be expected and enabled to contribute to workforce development and staff wellbeing. Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Operational Maintenance)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobThis is an exciting time to join Calderdale’s Highways Maintenance service. Apply for this job
Director of Public Health
£109,483 to £122,620
This is a rare and career-defining opportunity to shape the future of public health Apply for this job
- Former local government minister Phil Woolas dies
- Wirral management overhaul to create executive director roles
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- LGA to recruit interim chief
- Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
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