Recruitment

By Martin Ford | 17 March 2023

The Budget fallout could further deter people from the most senior roles in local government, an ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Future Forum: Chief recruitment challenges increase

By Martin Ford | 16 March 2023

Difficulties in recruitment for top council roles have continued to mount in recent months, The M...

We want to cast our recruitment net wide

By Graeme McDonald | 14 March 2023

Too often, recruitment specifications are narrowly focused on local government achievements, says...

FINANCE

Pay 'putting off potential new finance recruits'

By Mark Conrad | 13 March 2023

Lower levels of pay in the public sector are discouraging finance professionals from entering loc...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA moves to tackle workforce crisis

By Martin Ford | 10 March 2023

The association’s executive advisory board heard that all of the Local Government Association’s p...

RECRUITMENT

Performance broadly maintained in first council four-day week pilot

By Ann McGauran | 09 March 2023

Early data from the first four-day week pilot at an English local authority is leading to a step ...

PAY

Why a four-day week works

By Cllr Bridget Smith | 07 March 2023

The early performance data from South Cambridgeshire DC’s trial of a four-day week – the first in...

RECRUITMENT

A better culture starts with better conversations

By Rebecca Davis | 01 March 2023

‘Brave’ conversations could be the key to your organisation’s success and increase the chances of...

HEALTH

Bed blocking down by just 3% a month on from £250m plan

By Paul Marinko | 22 February 2023

The Government’s £250m initiative to speed up hospital discharges reduced the number of bed block...

SOLACE

Expanding horizons

By Steve Guest | 21 February 2023

Steve Guest says that when it comes to succession planning many within local government have been...

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