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WHITEHALL
Department's financial views questioned
By Dan Peters | 14 November 2023
Levelling up civil servants have told council chiefs financial pressures have eased but watchdogs...
FINANCE
Brum commissioners warn council will need further help to agree lawful budget
By Mark Conrad | 09 November 2023
Commissioners at Birmingham City Council have warned it will struggle to agree a lawful budget ne...
WHITEHALL
Gove's pay plan dismissed as 'unnecessary gimmick'
By Mark Conrad | 07 November 2023
Communities secretary Michael Gove’s embryonic plan to require full councils to approve top salar...
PAY
Senior salaries could face crackdown in King's Speech
By Heather Jameson | 07 November 2023
Plans to curb senior council salaries could be included in the King’s Speech, due to be announced...
FINANCE
DLUHC to be hit by real term budget cuts, think-tank warns
By Michael Burton | 06 November 2023
The levelling up department is to be hit by real term budget cuts over the next five years despit...
FINANCE
New offer in pay dispute
By Martin Ford | 03 November 2023
More money has been offered in the hope of averting strike action by Scottish Unison members.
HUMAN RESOURCES
South Cambs issued Best Value notice over four-day week
By Ellie Ames | 03 November 2023
The Government has issued a Best Value notice to South Cambridgeshire DC following 'concerns' abo...
PAY
Council chiefs to receive 3.5% pay increase
By Dan Peters | 02 November 2023
Local authority chief executives will receive a 3.5% salary increase backdated to the beginning o...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Government crackdown on four-day week
By Ellie Ames | 26 October 2023
The Government is exploring measures to ‘ensure the sector is clear’ four-day weeks should not be...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Is equal pay really local government's ticking time bomb?
By Gordon McFarlane | 18 October 2023
With equal pay under increasing scrutiny, Gordon McFarlane outlines the best practice the sector ...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
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Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
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