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WELFARE
Local Housing Allowance 'inadequate' for family homes, research warns
By Laura Sharman | 07 October 2019
More than nine out of ten family homes for private rent are too expensive for people on housing b...
WELFARE
NI senior policy officer warns of 'perfect storm'
By Ann McGauran | 01 October 2019
The difficulties facing councils and their communities in Northern Ireland are ‘turning into a pe...
WELFARE
Labour pledges to scrap Universal Credit
By Laura Sharman | 30 September 2019
Labour has promised to replace ‘inhumane’ Universal Credit with a new social security system.
WELFARE
Beware the 'pandemonium' of UC
By Ann McGauran | 18 September 2019
It’s all change – again – at the top of the Department for Work and Pensions. But where does the ...
COUNCIL TAX
Data the key to supporting through UC
By Deven Ghelani | 18 September 2019
As Universal Credit replaces Housing Benefit, local authorities will lose access to the rich data...
FINANCE
What's the demand for children's social care?
By Tony Kirkham | 11 September 2019
In the North-East there has been a 55.7% growth in the average number of looked after children pe...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Repairing children's services is an investment worth making
By Heather Jameson | 11 September 2019
Spending more on services to stop the rising costs of taking children into care must be worth the...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's services, adult social care top list of complaints
By Hiba Mahamadi | 30 July 2019
Most complaints about councils received by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) i...
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.
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Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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