FINANCE

Get some star power!

19 September 2023

Forget financial lifelines from Whitehall to turn around a council’s prospects.

CULTURE

Councillors face the music

19 September 2023

Is there anything more Australian than a room full of councillors all playing Waltzing Matilda us...

WHITEHALL

Gove announces five-year Brum intervention

By Mark Conrad | 19 September 2023

Communities secretary Michael Gove today announced a five-year Government intervention at Birming...

WHITEHALL

Government accused of 'paralysing' councils on waste

By Dan Peters | 19 September 2023

The Government has been accused of leaving frustrated councils ‘paralysed’ by ‘painfully slow’ pr...

ENVIRONMENT

Government fails to block levelling up Bill amendments

By Martin Ford | 19 September 2023

The Government suffered a flurry of last-minute defeats as the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill...

FINANCE

Little evaluation of mental health outcomes in police pilot, MPs told

By Mark Conrad | 19 September 2023

Police failed to evaluate mental health outcomes after trialling a controversial new approach to ...

WHITEHALL

Levelling up minister stands down

By Martin Ford | 19 September 2023

Dehenna Davison has stood down as levelling up minister after suffering from chronic migraine.

WHITEHALL

Whitehall micromanaging is 'holding back economic progress in West Midlands'

By Ann McGauran | 19 September 2023

Central Government’s ‘man-marking’ of local decisions in the West Midlands is holding back progre...

FINANCE

Incoming Ombudsman defends lack of experience

By Martin Ford | 19 September 2023

The woman due to become the new Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has defended her lack ...

WHITEHALL

Cash injection for Kent as councils drag feet on National Transfer Scheme

By Mark Conrad | 18 September 2023

The Government has given Kent CC £10m for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) amid conce...

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Head of Change

Upto £80,468

This role will Lead and manage large-scale transformation projects across the council. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Repairs & Maintenance

Up to £130,000

We are working with Lampton Services, a company wholly owned by the Borough of Hounslow Apply for this job

Lampton Group

Assistant Director of Operations, Adult Social Care

£95,400 - £106,008

As a highly credible and skilled practitioner, you will have considerable experience of leading and delivering adult services Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

frederica-diamanta

Head of Change

Upto £80,468

This role will Lead and manage large-scale transformation projects across the council. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Repairs & Maintenance

Up to £130,000

We are working with Lampton Services, a company wholly owned by the Borough of Hounslow Apply for this job

Lampton Group

Assistant Director of Operations, Adult Social Care

£95,400 - £106,008

As a highly credible and skilled practitioner, you will have considerable experience of leading and delivering adult services Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council