FINANCE

Lack of joint budget adding to hospital discharge problems

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 March 2015

A lack of pooled health and social care budgets is exacerbating problems with community services ...

WHITEHALL

Plugging the watchdog gap

By Heather Jameson | 24 March 2015

One of the first acts of the new secretary of state, Eric Pickles, when he came into post in 2010...

WHITEHALL

Town halls 'need their own OBR'

By Heather Jameson | 24 March 2015

Local government needs its own version of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now the Audi...

WHITEHALL

LGA action on council financial 'watch list'

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

A watch list of councils financially at risk could be drawn up after watchdogs warned the Governm...

HEALTH

BCF scrutiny plans under development

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

An inquiry into how councils can improve their scrutiny of Better Care Fund (BCF) plans has been ...

FINANCE

PAC calls for fairness and certainty over public health funding

By Jonathan Werran | 06 March 2015

Public health inequalities could widen if the funding ring-fence is not maintained and without a ...

FINANCE

PAC blasts Whitehall's 'flawed' BCF integration plans

By Jonathan Werran | 25 February 2015

Influential MPs have castigated ‘flawed’ Government attempts to pool health and care budgets – a...

FINANCE

Time for scrutiny

By Paul O'Brien | 25 February 2015

Fifteen years on from the Local Government Act 2000, it is time to revisit local political struct...

FINANCE

No action is no option

By Heather Jameson | 25 February 2015

Recommendations by the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance pull together current t...

HEALTH

Integration nation

By David Roots | 17 February 2015

David Roots discusses how a number of local authorities and health trusts are working together to...

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frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director of Streetscene, Community Safety and Enforcement

£63,391 - £70,094 per annum (pay award pending)

Our corporate vision is to be a dynamic, self sufficient and flexible Council that delivers excellent services Apply for this job

Bolsover District Council

Director of Culture, Leisure, and Tourism

£101,916 & benefits

Southend-on-Sea is a place like no other. Apply for this job

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Social Enterprise Manager - WMF1260e

Grade 17 £53,775 - £55,963

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Safe and Strong Communities team. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council