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BUSINESS

LDL moves back to local authority ownership

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 October 2014

Liverpool City Council’s controversial partnership with BT – Liverpool Direct (LDL) – looks set t...

FINANCE

Fraud and errors cost housing benefit £1.4bn

By Jonathan Werran | 21 October 2014

The viability of the housing system is being put into question through increasing reliance by eve...

WHITEHALL

If the welfare cap fits, wear it

By Jonathan Werran | 21 October 2014

Features editor Jonathan Werran on the countdown to chancellor George Osborne's quite wintry Autu...

BEDROOM TAX

Bedroom tax hits the North most, ALMOs' research indicates

By Jonathan Werran | 20 October 2014

Residents in the North of England continue to face the greatest impact of the so-called bedroom t...

WHITEHALL

PAC Hodge: 'Out of sight, out of mind' DWP at fault for record housing benefit overpayments

By Jonathan Werran | 16 October 2014

Housing Benefit overpayments cost the taxpayer nearly £1bn in 2013/14, spending watchdogs have ca...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Council chiefs to work with Whitehall for UC roll-out

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 October 2014

Town hall chiefs have pledged to work with Whitehall on the roll-out of the controversial Univers...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Commission calls for devolution within Birmingham's children's services

By Jonathan Werran | 14 October 2014

Responsibility for Birmingham's beleagured children's services should be devolved to 10 district...

THIRD SECTOR

A global problem tackled locally

By Michael Burton | 13 October 2014

Global events can end up as local problems, as the rural district of Fenland discovered when it e...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Give us freedom and watch us fly

By Ruth Dombey | 10 October 2014

Sutton LBC leader Ruth Dombey says fiscal devolution isn't an end in itself, it's a means to an ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Give us freedom and watch us fly

By Ruth Dombey | 10 October 2014

All over the United Kingdom people are demanding more control over their lives and a greater say ...

frederica-diamanta

Head of Housing

£79,968 - £87,755

Lead with purpose. Inspire change. Shape the future of housing in Powys. Apply for this job

Powys County Council

Educational Psychologist

Soulbury Scale A 4-9, plus up to 3 SPA points.

Our newly developed EMBRACE framework guides the actions we take as a team Apply for this job

North East Lincolnshire Council

Director of Business Solutions

£133,234

This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in shaping the region’s economic future and driving long-term prosperity. Apply for this job

Tees Valley Combined Authority

frederica-diamanta

Head of Housing

£79,968 - £87,755

Lead with purpose. Inspire change. Shape the future of housing in Powys. Apply for this job

Powys County Council

Educational Psychologist

Soulbury Scale A 4-9, plus up to 3 SPA points.

Our newly developed EMBRACE framework guides the actions we take as a team Apply for this job

North East Lincolnshire Council

Director of Business Solutions

£133,234

This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in shaping the region’s economic future and driving long-term prosperity. Apply for this job

Tees Valley Combined Authority