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WHITEHALL
Councils hit with new productivity demands
By Mark Conrad | 16 April 2024
Ministers have demanded councils improve their productivity in the same week as the Government qu...
FINANCE
Bridging the budget gap
By Tracie Langley | 10 April 2024
We haven’t even closed down the 2023-24 accounts yet and we are already starting to plan our 2025...
WHITEHALL
The dead hand of centralism holds back productivity
By Ian Miller | 20 March 2024
If councils had the tools, most if not all of them could by now have set fees to recover the full...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Desperately seeking a long-term diagnosis
By Iain Murray | 11 March 2024
A successful economy needs to be built around world-class infrastructure - and skilled, healthy ...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Working with Government can deliver real dividends
By Cllr Kevin Bentley | 15 February 2024
Collaboration with Government can achieve real results for communities and councils should not be...
WHITEHALL
REVEALED: Productivity plan demands toothless
By Martin Ford | 13 February 2024
Councils have been told Whitehall will be unable to force them to submit productivity plans.
FINANCE
Productivity planning and commercial efficacy
13 February 2024
Through many of its commercial programmes Local Partnerships sees daily how further enhancements ...
FINANCE
Going with the flow
By Tracie Langley | 17 January 2024
Tracie Langley looks at how a renewed focus on productivity and ‘flow’ methodologies can help mak...
FINANCE
It's crucial to preserve the future of local autonomy
By Cllr Bridget Smith | 04 January 2024
Leader of South Cambridgeshire DC Cllr Bridget Smith sets out why the UK Government should let lo...
AUSTERITY
Can we learn from the authorities who are coping with austerity well?
By Ben Page | 04 December 2023
AI has huge potential to save time in local government if people can be encouraged to use it, say...
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Strategic Head of Finance and S151 Officer
Package up to £109,592
As the Section 151 Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the Council through its wider journey.. Apply for this job
Director of Customer, Digital and Corporate Strategy
£108,842
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Partnership and Improvement Manager SEND WMF2888e
£51,356 to £52,413
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Herefordshire top hire revealed as Walker walks
- EXCLUSIVE: 'Illegal' deal to end Birmingham strike risks £200m equal pay bill
- Ministers back down on forced mayors in devolution Bill
- Leeds City Council suffers huge fuel theft as Middle East conflict continues
- Devon reorganisation 'distracting' for region's emerging strategic authority, peers warn
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