ENVIRONMENT

MPs call for review of local authority flood funding

By Laura Sharman | 26 February 2021

The Government needs a better understanding of whether funding allocated to local authorities to ...

FINANCE

Spelthorne told it must 'understand and manage risk'

By Michael Burton | 01 February 2021

A council that invested almost 40 times its budget in property must ‘understand and manage risk a...

FINANCE

More councils will be forced to issue Section 114 notices, MPs warn

By Dan Peters | 22 January 2021

More councils will ‘soon be unable to balance their books and be forced to issue Section 114 noti...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

The PAC casts a gimlet eye on the ministry

By Michael Burton | 08 December 2020

The phrase ‘glass houses and throwing stones’ comes to mind when Government departments finger wa...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

MPs savage abandoned £192m housing scheme

By Martin Ford | 08 December 2020

A £192m affordable housing programme that failed to deliver any homes has been labelled ‘deplorab...

WHITEHALL

Lawyers brought in over Towns Fund row

By Martin Ford | 08 December 2020

Legal advisers have been summoned to break a deadlock between civil servants and MPs over a key d...

WHITEHALL

Senior ministry officials to be quizzed by MPs

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2020

Senior government officials will be hauled in front of MPs next week after a rare move from the P...

WHITEHALL

Spelthorne councillors to be more involved in commercial decisions after criticism

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2020

Spelthorne BC councillors will be more involved in future investment-related decisions after the ...

WHITEHALL

Government intervention threat over code flouters

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2020

The Government has warned councils could be subject to statutory intervention if they continue to...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Mayors snubbed over Towns Fund

By Martin Ford | 22 September 2020

Ministers ignored advice to consult mayors during the controversial selection process for the Tow...

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Head of Service – Social Care

G15 £63,148 - £67,058 per annum

There is an exciting opportunity within Children Social Care to join the senior management team Apply for this job

Wrexham County Borough Council

Head of Service Social Work & Specialist Support

Grade M scp 60 £72,118 - scp 64 £77,293

There couldn’t be a more exciting time to join us. Apply for this job

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Chief Executive Officer - Housing Delivery Shared Service

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