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WELFARE
Council benefits teams struggling, auditors warn
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2023
People are waiting longer for housing benefit claims while Scotland’s councils face soaring workl...
SCOTLAND
Levelling Up Fund a 'waste of time'
By Martin Ford | 08 February 2023
A minister has defended how the latest round of Levelling Up Fund cash was distributed after the ...
FINANCE
Ban on teacher redundancies will shift cuts
By Martin Ford | 06 February 2023
A moratorium on reducing teacher numbers in Scotland will only lead to service cuts elsewhere, a ...
FINANCE
Call for fiscal freedom
By Martin Ford | 01 February 2023
Scotland’s councils face their ‘most difficult’ year of budget setting, politicians in Holyrood h...
WHITEHALL
Abuse inquiry in risk warning
By Mark Conrad | 17 January 2023
Experts have warned Whitehall’s rejection of key proposals from the Independent Inquiry into Chil...
FINANCE
Scottish councils face 'most difficult budget' for years
By Martin Ford | 12 January 2023
Councils in Scotland face the 'most difficult budget setting context seen for many years,’ a fina...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Scotland's care crisis and the seven regions worst hit
By Will Donnelly | 19 December 2022
Will Donnelly reveals the seven Scottish regions hardest hit by Scotland’s care crisis and outlin...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Stirling chief announces departure
By Martin Ford | 07 December 2022
Carol Beattie is standing down after four years as chief executive.
DEVOLUTION
Labour launches its plans for devo without the detail
By Heather Jameson | 07 December 2022
Heather Jameson says Gordon Brown’s report is more notable for what it lacks than the warm words ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Labour outlines huge devolution push
By Mark Conrad | 05 December 2022
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has proposed removing the ‘dead hand of centralisation’ by devolvi...
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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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