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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...
Director of Education and Inclusion
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Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
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Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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