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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Unions poised to submit inflation-busting pay claim
By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023
Local government trade unions are considering an inflation-busting pay demand for 2023-24, The MJ...
WHITEHALL
Officials may break law by using tablets at elections
By Dan Peters | 23 January 2023
Returning officers (ROs) are weighing up whether to risk breaking the law by replacing paper regi...
AUDIT
Watchdog raises safeguarding concerns at Powys
By Martin Ford | 20 December 2022
A watchdog has taken Powys CC to task over the lack of ‘control’ of its safeguarding arrangements.
FINANCE
'Difficult decisions' ahead despite £400m settlement boost
By Martin Ford | 14 December 2022
Councils in Wales have warned ‘difficult decisions’ on spending remain despite receiving an 8% in...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Labour outlines huge devolution push
By Mark Conrad | 05 December 2022
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has proposed removing the ‘dead hand of centralisation’ by devolvi...
AUDIT
Welsh councils urged to engage more with social enterprises
By William Eichler | 01 December 2022
Local authorities in Wales should do more to ‘maximise the impact’ of social enterprises in their...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Interim chief given role permanently
By Dan Peters | 23 November 2022
Swansea City & CC has appointed its interim chief executive on a permanent basis.
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils could resurrect legal action over asylum
By Dan Peters | 07 November 2022
Government attempts to fix the UK’s ‘broken’ asylum system could be hit as West Midlands mets thr...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Cost of reforms is 'elephant in the room'
By Mark Conrad | 07 November 2022
A failure to estimate the cost of proposed reforms suggested by the National Inquiry into Child S...
FINANCE
Welsh councils face 'potentially catastrophic' shortfalls
By Martin Ford | 01 November 2022
The Welsh Local Government Association estimates councils face unprecedented pressures totalling ...
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Registered Manager - Children's Home - WMF2945e
£51,356 - £52,413 (plus an additional market factor supplement of £7,842)
Are you looking for a role that offers more than just career progression? Apply for this job
Director of Quality and Safeguarding
£100,731 - £104,625
Trafford is a borough with ambition at its heart. Apply for this job
Senior Lawyer (Housing)
£55,296 - £60,286 per annum
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Lawyer (Housing) to join us! Apply for this job
- London borough chief to retire
- Exclusive: Reorganisation 'heaps further pressure' on children's leadership
- MHCLG praises council capability on housing
- MHCLG's questions about structural change orders threaten relationships in Gloucestershire
- Exclusive: Rural and urban council funding 'more or less' the same
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