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FINANCE
Report: Further failure inevitable
By Sam Clayden | 26 July 2016
An overhaul of the Government’s ‘superficial’ approach to tackling failure in public services is ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
MPs defend chiefs after Ofsted claims
By Sam Clayden | 21 July 2016
MPs defended council chief executives after Ofsted boss Sir Michael Wilshaw claimed they were to ...
LEGAL
Relinquish your power
By Claire Fox | 20 July 2016
Claire Fox says the time is right for local government to lead the charge against its own Public ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Got to turn around
By Cllr Roy Perry | 20 July 2016
Evidence shows local government has the commitment to turn around children’s services without dem...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
All change please
By Thomas Bridge | 20 July 2016
HS2 is not the only change hitting Birmingham in the coming years. Mark Rogers and Cllr John Clan...
WHITEHALL
Funding fears over Whitehall devo strategy
By Thomas Bridge | 13 July 2016
Whitehall has been warned it is ‘building failure’ into devolution unless it provides more fundin...
WHITEHALL
Call for greater LEP transparency
By Dan Peters | 08 July 2016
Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) must be covered by the Freedom of Information Act to prevent...
ROTHERHAM ABUSE
'Several' councils on Whitehall watch list
By Sam Clayden | 05 July 2016
After claiming success in Tower Hamlets and Rotherham, local government minister Marcus Jones has...
FINANCE
Tory leadership race: Where are candidates on local government?
By Heather Jameson | 05 July 2016
As Conservative MPs prepare to cast their votes in the first ballot in the leadership race with T...
FINANCE
Five Kent districts look at merger options
By Jamie Hailstone | 05 July 2016
Five district councils in Kent are to discuss merging into a single authority this month.
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Highway Asset Manager (Contracts)
£58,310 per annum
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Lead Lawyer - Contracts and Commercial - WMF2715e
£51,356 - £52,412
You will be managing and supervising a designated team. Apply for this job
Director of Neighbourhoods
£143,792
This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing, forward thinking organisation at a pivotal moment. Apply for this job
- Councils face 'capacity crisis' of unspent developer funds
- 'Widespread lack of understanding' to blame for key worker oversight
- Councils record mixed rough sleeping picture
- Leadership in local government is rarely about having full control
- Reorganisation is an opportunity to switch to a more preventative system
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