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FINANCE

Incoming Ombudsman defends lack of experience

By Martin Ford | 19 September 2023

The woman due to become the new Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has defended her lack ...

OMBUDSMAN

Getting the basics right

By Ann McGauran | 26 August 2023

Paul Najsarek says these may not be easy times for public services, but a focus by councils on co...

HOUSING

Stoke-on-Trent guilty of severe maladministration

By Martin Ford | 15 August 2023

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has received a severe maladministration ruling from the housing ombud...

EDUCATION

Education and children's services top complaints to Ombudsman

26 July 2023

The Ombudsman’s annual complaints statistics have revealed education and children’s services as t...

WHITEHALL

B&B housing figures increase by more than a third

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2023

The number of households living in B&B accommodation has shot up by more than a third in a year, ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Complaints: heed the warnings

By Richard Blakeway | 04 July 2023

Housing ombudsman and Local Government Association conference speaker Richard Blakeway offers key...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council chiefs named in King's Birthday Honours

By Martin Ford | 19 June 2023

Council officers and members were among those to be named on the King’s Birthday Honours list thi...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

London borough hit by 'severe maladministration' finding

By Mark Conrad | 09 May 2023

The Housing Ombudsman has issued seven findings of ‘severe maladministration’ against Hammersmith...

PEOPLE

Interim Local Government Ombudsman named

By Martin Ford | 23 March 2023

Paul Najsarek has been appointed as the interim Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

HOUSING

Ombudsman warns councils 'not getting it right' on homelessness

By Mark Whitehead | 21 March 2023

Vulnerable people are facing homelessness because some councils are ‘still not getting it right,’...

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Group Manager

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Gloucestershire County Council

Head of Safeguarding and Prevention

£73,757-£78,488

Wiltshire is a place where strong communities, shared ambition, and a sense of place come together.  Apply for this job

Wiltshire Council

Team Manager Child Permanence and Family Reunification

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