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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.
FINANCE
PAC concerned about devolution oversight
By Sam Clayden | 01 July 2016
MPs have raised fresh concerns about the oversight and implementation of devolution deals as loca...
FINANCE
How to create the winning team
By Claire Mansfield | 29 June 2016
The New Local Government Network (NLGN) has produced research on the relationship between council...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Groundbreaking work on child safeguarding
By Sue Williams | 29 June 2016
Sue Williams explains how Hertfordshire CC used support from the Government’s Innovation Fund to ...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Open scrutiny on government interventions
By Dan Peters | 29 June 2016
Dan Peters examines government intervention in children’s services and asks whether greater trans...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Officers could be identified under future Ofsted rules
By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2016
Poor performing local authority chief executives and their management teams could be named and sh...
SCRUTINY
Council 'failed' to safeguard taxi passengers
By Laura Sharman | 23 June 2016
South Ribble Council had failed to make the safety of taxi passengers a priority when issuing lic...
EDUCATION
Locking out council expertise from schools?
By John O’Brien | 21 June 2016
John O'Brien says local government must ensure improvement in education, no matter who is respons...
FINANCE
Details of £300m grant 'not in the public interest'
By Dan Peters | 21 June 2016
The Government has refused to publish key details about how its £300m transitional grant was allo...
FINANCE
The dog that did not bark
By Graham Chapman | 21 June 2016
After his FOI request on government funding to councils was blocked, Graham Chapman says serious ...
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up to circa £114,000
An ambitious, innovative council where Adult Social Care is central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
Director of Education & Skills
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious, high-performing council where education, inclusion and skills are central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
Director of Prosperity and Investment
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious council delivering growth, regeneration and investment at scale. Apply for this job
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