WELFARE

Is cost of living aid enough?

By Ann McGauran | 06 June 2022

Ann McGauran reports on how the financial aid package provided by the chancellor will work in pra...

HOUSING

Getting on with integrated care

By Tom Stannard | 25 May 2022

Greater Manchester believes the formal governance of the new integrated care system and the voice...

WHITEHALL

Likely rent rises are 'ticking time bomb'

By Heather Jameson | 17 May 2022

Social housing rents could rise by up to 10% next April as tenants face a battle to survive the c...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Actions speak louder than words

By Ross Mudie | 04 May 2022

Ross Mudie and Annabel Smith argue that plunging yet more people into hardship will lead to a ris...

THIRD SECTOR

The voluntary sector is not a surrogate for the state

By John Tizard | 04 May 2022

Councils can and must show leadership to tackle the deep challenges of the years ahead – but a he...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Doing the right thing for children

By Ann McGauran | 27 April 2022

With the direction of the Government’s policies for schools and SEND becoming clearer, the new pr...

POVERTY

Government needs to commit to reducing energy consumption

By Neil Marshall | 25 April 2022

Neil Marshall argues that reducing consumption is the only sure-fire way of tackling an energy cr...

DATA

Using data to face the poverty crisis head-on

12 April 2022

New analysis by Policy in Practice highlights that a million more people are expected to fall int...

COUNCIL TAX

Councils need radical thinking at a time of crisis

By Professor Richard Murphy | 12 April 2022

Professor Richard Murphy says councils need to cooperate to tackle the multiple crises faced by c...

POVERTY

The cost of living crisis needs a strong locally-led response

By Jessica Studdert | 12 April 2022

We need to use more collective imagination to build a more adaptive and empowered local state th...

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Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

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Nottingham City Council

frederica-diamanta

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

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