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FINANCE

Audit contracts extended by two years

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2025

Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA) has extended its current audit contracts by two years fol...

WHITEHALL

National Wealth Fund to transform sector support

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2025

A Treasury body created to boost economic growth through private investment and public funding ha...

FINANCE

Peer warning over Redbridge finances

By Joe Lepper | 21 October 2025

Redbridge LBC will be forced to seek exceptional financial support (EFS), a review has warned.

FINANCE

A new era?

By Sarah Longlands | 21 October 2025

Sarah Longlands explains why the upcoming Budget is not just for November

REORGANISATION

Essex CC leaves 'bitter taste' with 'underhand' reorg move

By Paul Marinko | 20 October 2025

Relations between Essex local authorities have been soured after the county council spent nearly ...

COUNCIL TAX

'Outdated and harmful': Council bailiff use soars 30%

By William Eichler | 20 October 2025

The use of bailiffs by local authorities in England and Wales has surged by 30% in just two years...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reorganisation financial risk warning

By Martin Ford | 17 October 2025

Local government reorganisation has been highlighted as a key concern by the Public Accounts Comm...

PLANNING

PAC: 'Drought of planners' is 'serious problem'

17 October 2025

MPs are ‘unconvinced’ the Government is addressing the ‘lack of staffing capacity and capability ...

WORKFORCE

Kerswell hands in resignation

By Dan Peters | 17 October 2025

Croydon LBC chief executive Katherine Kerswell has handed in her resignation five years after joi...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA: Costs pushing many to financial brink

By Dan Peters | 17 October 2025

Emergency government bailout agreements for councils are at risk of becoming ‘normalised’ as cost...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Service - Assessment & Intervention

£62,474 - £73,056 plus a Market Rate Supplement

Join a creative, forward-thinking senior leadership team within Children and Families at Kirklees Council. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

General Manager – Building Safety Compliance

£51,356 - £53,460

Building safety for our homes and neighbourhoods is a top priority at Kirklees Council. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Service Director - Education and SEND

£103,212 to £110,106 per annum (Grade O)

West Berkshire Council is seeking an exceptional Service Director for Education and SEND to join our Children’s Services family Apply for this job

West Berkshire Council