WHITEHALL

Conservative Street in housing benefits freeze call

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2019

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has called on his own party to reduce homelessness by reversing t...

FINANCE

Universal Credit draining council resources

By Naomi Larsson | 15 July 2019

Universal Credit (UC) is draining resources from councils, a new survey has found.

WHITEHALL

Combined strategy call to tackle homelessness

By Ann McGauran | 20 June 2019

The Government should commit to a coherent combined housing and homelessness strategy, a report p...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

'We've broken the social contract with people'

04 June 2019

Former Society of Local Authority Chief Executives president Jo Miller is leaving her chief execu...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

In-work poverty is the scourge of our time, says Miller

By Heather Jameson | 30 May 2019

‘In-work poverty is the scourge of our time,’ former Solace president Jo Miller has told BBC’s Wo...

HOUSING

Calls to increase funding to halt rise in homelessness

By Martin Ford | 24 May 2019

Calls have been made for increased funding for measures to prevent people becoming homeless as fi...

BUSINESS RATES

From jurassic to digital – the evolution of services

By Martin Ford | 15 May 2019

As the new Dorset unitaries get underway, the sea-change in structure is matched by the new wave ...

WHITEHALL

Councils treated as 'spectators' in Universal Credit rollout

By Martin Ford | 07 May 2019

A council that has uncovered hundreds of thousands of pounds of Universal Credit (UC) over and un...

WHITEHALL

Government homelessness funding 'not enough'

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2019

Two out of three councils do not think £73m Government funding to help them fulfil their statutor...

DIGITAL

Building residents' resilience

By Sue Nelson | 27 March 2019

Mark Fowler of Barking & Dagenham LBC and Sue Nelson of Luton BC outline how they are using insi...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Financial Officer

£104,801

Inverclyde may be one of Scotland’s smallest local authority areas, but there is still plenty going on. Apply for this job

Inverclyde Council

Network Manager

Grade 14, £56,385 to £60,592 per annum

Premium jobReady for your next big challenge in highways management? Apply for this job

Isle of Wight Council

Assistant Director Major Projects and Infrastructure

£108,000

Hull is an extremely proud and ambitious city. Apply for this job

Hull City Council