WHITEHALL

Home Office 'failing to engage' councils

By Martin Ford | 26 October 2023

The Home Office is ‘failing to engage meaningfully with local authorities’ on asylum, according t...

FINANCE

Home to roost

By Meg Hillier | 26 September 2023

The challenges faced by councils in financial crisis stem from Government action since 2010 and m...

WHITEHALL

Government accused of 'paralysing' councils on waste

By Dan Peters | 19 September 2023

The Government has been accused of leaving frustrated councils ‘paralysed’ by ‘painfully slow’ pr...

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

Evidence on the need to re-set the system continues to pile up

By Arianna Giovannini | 04 July 2023

This is the core of the centre’s problem: its lack of understanding of the huge untapped potentia...

WHITEHALL

MPs call for urgent audit action

By Mark Whitehead | 22 June 2023

MPs have called for urgent action over an ‘unacceptably high’ backlog of local government audits.

WHITEHALL

Concerns over funding supported housing regulation

By Martin Ford | 21 June 2023

The Government has yet to devise the system to fund councils’ regulation of supported housing, ma...

WHITEHALL

Calls for supported housing improvements

By Mark Conrad | 09 May 2023

Senior MPs and Whitehall’s spending watchdog today demanded improved regulation and data on suppo...

WHITEHALL

Experts' warning over audit deadlines

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2023

September’s deadline for local audits ‘will not be achievable’ unless swift measures are taken to...

FINANCE

Harris under pressure to back slashing of audit requirements

By Dan Peters | 27 March 2023

The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) first director of local audit is facing increasing pressu...

WHITEHALL

More than 370 local audit opinions still outstanding, MPs told

By Mark Conrad | 21 March 2023

More than 370 local audit opinions for 2021-22 are still outstanding despite recent measures desi...

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Site Manager - Highways

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We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for Three Permanent Site Managers to join our dynamic Severn Bridges Inspection and Maintenance team. Apply for this job

Amey

Construction Manager

Competitive salary

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Permanent Construction Manager to join our Specialist Bridges Inspection and Maintenance contract in Bristol. Apply for this job

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Service Director for Governance (Monitoring Officer)

Up to £104,000 pa

Bedford Borough Council is an existing unitary authority with a directly elected Mayor. Apply for this job

Bedford Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Site Manager - Highways

Competitive Salary

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for Three Permanent Site Managers to join our dynamic Severn Bridges Inspection and Maintenance team. Apply for this job

Amey

Construction Manager

Competitive salary

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Permanent Construction Manager to join our Specialist Bridges Inspection and Maintenance contract in Bristol. Apply for this job

Amey

Service Director for Governance (Monitoring Officer)

Up to £104,000 pa

Bedford Borough Council is an existing unitary authority with a directly elected Mayor. Apply for this job

Bedford Borough Council