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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Peers call for joined up funding for children and families

By Michael Burton | 10 August 2021

Peers have urged Cabinet ministers to produce a cross-Whitehall bid for funding for vulnerable ch...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

We need to do more to tackle homelessness before it happens

By John Glenton | 03 August 2021

The country needs a national housing and homelessness strategy underpinned by long-term sustainab...

HEALTH

It's easy as ABCD

By Carmel Langstaff | 02 August 2021

Leeds City Council’s ABCD model is focused on prevention and early intervention and is an asset-b...

WHITEHALL

Doing the right thing

By Dan Corry | 02 August 2021

Dan Corry says the ‘slow crumbling of standards may not matter if people overall like the governm...

BUSINESS

Procurement overhaul to 'undermine' social value

By Martin Ford | 30 July 2021

Peers have warned proposed procurement changes could ‘do more harm than good’ in encouraging coll...

WHITEHALL

Government threatens borrowing cap return

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2021

The Government has threatened to apply statutory borrowing caps on councils that continue to expo...

BUSINESS

Tory council criticised over shopping centre purchase

By William Eichler | 27 July 2021

A Conservative-led Surrey council has been criticised for failing to follow ‘good practice’ durin...

FINANCE

Section 114 council leader survives vote of no confidence

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2021

Slough Council’s leader, Cllr James Swindlehurst, has survived a vote of no confidence in the wak...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

It's not all about the money

By Jonathan Carr-West | 26 July 2021

It is dangerous if we let the discussion about the reform of social care become exclusively about...

FINANCE

Peers call for council tax reform

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2021

A cross-party chorus of peers has called for reform of the council tax system and new bands to be...

frederica-diamanta

Head of Early Years and Early Help

£90,126 - £98,319

Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton

Strategic Director of Finance Operations

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Strategic Director of Finance Strategy

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Early Years and Early Help

£90,126 - £98,319

Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton

Strategic Director of Finance Operations

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Strategic Director of Finance Strategy

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

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