Local authorities

The City of Edinburgh Council v Dickson FactsThe claimant, Alistair Dickson, was employed by Edinburgh Council as a community learning and...

Six Birmingham social workers have been sacked in a bid to improve the council’s heavily criticised children’s services.
Colin Tucker,...

Council chiefs found to be ‘under-performing’ are receiving huge payoffs, before moving to other councils, the local government watchdog has...

A new Council for Work and Health has been set up to explore joint working, education and the evidence base for practice. Its chair, Diana Kloss (pictured below), answers key questions on behalf of the council.

The government’s “radical” 10-point plan to help councils create efficiencies is akin to “teaching people to suck eggs” and does...

Skills for Logistics has been relicensed as a sector skills council, the government has announced.
Sector skills councils are employer-led...

Local government HR departments are set to face job cuts in excess of the 10% expected for councils across the...

The government is today due to publish a 10-point plan for councils to help them cut spending while protecting frontline...

One in ten council workers is at risk of losing their jobs over the next five years, according to a...

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Islington Council’s under-fire HR director Maria King is to leave the local authority at the end of this month.King...

Leeds City Council is to shed about 300 jobs as it tries to cut costs in wake of the recession.It...

Cambridgeshire County Council’s HR director has insisted redundancies will be a last resort as the council moves to axe 300...

Council chiefs have refused to reveal how much they pay senior staff for fear the employees could face reprisals from...

Cambridgeshire County Council is set to cut 300 jobs in a bid to help slash spending by £95.5m over five...

Up to 2,000 jobs will be axed at Birmingham City Council in a bid to save £69m by April 2011.A...