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FINANCE

Goodbye 2016 and hello to another turbulent year

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016

Heather Jameson looks back on one difficult year for local government and forward to another.

FINANCE

Care fears ahead of finance settlement

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016

Chief executives have warned ministers against using council tax to fund social care, as a survey...

WHITEHALL

Sector hits back at PM

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016

Town hall leaders have hit back at government claims that councils may be partly responsible for ...

SOCIAL CARE

Lancashire CC closes social care training firm

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016

Lancashire CC has wound up its social care training company, Lancashire Workforce Development Par...

HEALTH

Creaking at the seams

By Ben Page | 13 December 2016

Health and care could give Theresa May as much of a headache as Brexit and the economy in the com...

HEALTH

'Whitehall's failure to end trusts' charity claims wastes cash and harms health'

By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016

Ministers’ failure to end a long-running legal dispute between NHS trusts and councils is wasting...

HEALTH

Councils 'powerless' to stem hospital admissions

By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016

Councils do not have the capacity to deal with NHS measures to reduce hospital admissions, the fo...

FINANCE

Social care precept 'deeply flawed' policy

By Sam Clayden | 12 December 2016

Patching the social care funding gap with short-term fixes will cause the sector to lurch from on...

HEALTH

Failure to fund social care is a 'moral issue and false economy'

By Sam Clayden | 08 December 2016

Ministers have been urged to turn back £5.5bn of real terms cuts after fresh NHS figures revealed...

FINANCE

STP could 'intensify' council funding pressures

By Sam Clayden | 08 December 2016

Measures to cut hospital admissions in Birmingham and Solihull could shunt costs from the NHS ont...

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Corporate Services

£100,000 plus excellent pension scheme

We are a forward-looking organisation that genuinely wants to live our new values of People, Pride, Performance and Progress. Apply for this job

St Leger Homes

Transformation and Innovation Manager

£51,356- £55,539

Do you thrive in a dynamic and innovative environment? Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

Transformation and Innovation Manager

£51,356- £55,539

Do you thrive in a dynamic and innovative environment? Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council