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LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Don't be an App
By Mark Rogers | 28 April 2015
We need to recognise that the scale and pace of change are conspiring unkindly to expose our buil...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Damning Ofsted reports make matters worse, claims Impower
By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2015
Ofsted reports into children’s social care cause more damage than good, according to a damning re...
PAY
Costs 'could increase' under Pickles' DIP changes
By Dan Peters | 20 April 2015
A council chief executive has criticised communities secretary Eric Pickles’ latest attack on ‘to...
FINANCE
Eastern promise?
By Max Wide | 13 April 2015
Mike Bennett and Max Wide fear too many local authorities see commissioning as a new spin on old-...
WHITEHALL
Chiefs criticise Labour's 'monolithic approach'
By Michael Burton | 09 April 2015
Labour plans to subsume local government websites into Whitehall’s Gov.uk platform have come unde...
FINANCE
Next government 'must tackle the crisis in care'
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015
Council services face a hammering in next year’s spending review if the soaring costs of health a...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Current care inspection regime branded 'flawed'
By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2015
Three local government groups have warned the current inspection regime for the care of children ...
FINANCE
MJ Future Forum 15: Council chiefs call for inspection overhaul
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015
Senior local government leaders have united over calls to overhaul multi-agency inspection.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Fear and loathing in St Albans
By Mark Rogers | 30 March 2015
SOLACE president Mark Rogers relates what he heard at this year's Future Forum - and what it poss...
HUMAN RESOURCES
SOLACE: Government DIP hit 'chaotic and costly'
27 March 2015
Government measures issued this week aimed at making it easier to dismiss council chief executive...
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Strategic Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive (Section 151)
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