FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Welfare under threat as councils count cost of cuts

By Dan Peters | 09 April 2015

Council finance directors have warned they will be forced to scale back local welfare assistance ...

FINANCE

A Parliament of Pain – or of muddling through?

By Michael Burton | 08 April 2015

The public appetite for austerity is significantly less than in 2010 when voters accepted the pri...

WHITEHALL

Labour boasts of big devolution plans

By Jonathan Werran | 08 April 2015

Labour leaders have claimed the party’s devolution blueprint would benefit English local authorit...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

A reality check behind the election campaign

By Michael Burton | 31 March 2015

This is my least favourite time of the political cycle, namely the election campaign, writes Mich...

TROUBLED FAMILIES

A design for life

27 March 2015

Local authorities and housing associations ought to be natural partners, and the case for collabo...

FINANCE

A good record to build on

By Bob Neill | 24 March 2015

Bob Neill argues that the Government should be allowed to finish the job it started.

FINANCE

IFS: Budget leaves public spending 'guessing' game

By Jonathan Werran | 20 March 2015

The path of spending cuts over the next five years ‘seems more uncertain than ever’ following Wed...

WELFARE

Budget 2015: welfare cap fits £21bn savings for Osborne

By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2015

The Government’s welfare cap is on track to deliver £21bn savings through changes to benefit paym...

WHITEHALL

Budget 2015: Osborne promises journey from 'austerity to prosperity'

By Heather Jameson | 18 March 2015

In a Budget that promised ‘no gimmicks’ in the run up to the General Election, Chancellor George ...

FINANCE

Keeping score

By John Healey | 17 March 2015

In his last Viewpoint before the May general election, former housing minister John Healey assess...

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frederica-diamanta

Service Director, Financial Management

£96,167 - £111,450

Premium jobHere at Gateshead Council, we believe that 'The strength of Gateshead is the people of Gateshead'. Apply for this job

Gateshead Council

Head of Regeneration

£80,229 - £83,448

The Council is seeking to recruit an experienced Head of Regeneration to join our dynamic Regeneration and Economic Development Service Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Project Manager

£50,574 - £53,607

We want to become a more strategic, efficient and adaptive organisation, to deliver for our communities. Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich