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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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Kent County Council

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Cardiff Council

frederica-diamanta

Service Director Highways, Streetscene and Waste

£102,522 – £117,672 per annum

Kirklees is a place of character and contrast. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Corporate Director - Adult Social Care and Health

£Competitive

A career-defining role with a package to match Apply for this job

Kent County Council

Director, Frontline Services

£147,524 per annum

Cardiff is a vibrant and diverse city, and one of the fastest growing cities in the UK. Apply for this job

Cardiff Council