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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils keen on sector-led audit deals

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

More than 200 councils and other local bodies have indicated they would be interested in a sector...

FINANCE

Oldham accounts 'on course to beat previous records'

By Dan Peters | 25 May 2016

Oldham MBC is on track to beat its own record for how quickly it can prepare its accounts.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council chief to retire

04 May 2016

Inverclyde Council chief executive John Mundell is to retire later this year after a decade at th...

FINANCE

Seeking value in a privatised world

By Dr Laurence Ferry | 26 April 2016

Dr Laurence Ferry warns local government cannot rely on armchair auditors when it is facing a sig...

WHITEHALL

Growth deals slammed over lack of transparency

By Sam Clayden | 22 March 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark invited local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to apply for a slic...

FINANCE

New appointments at unitary

15 March 2016

Former assistant chief executive of Thurrock BC Steve Cox has taken up the post of director of en...

FINANCE

'Financial failure' under spotlight in second probe

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2016

The future financial sustainability of councils will be thrust back into the spotlight after the ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rush for devo is a 'threat to economy'

By Sam Clayden | 27 January 2016

The current approach to devolution threatens to entrench the failings of the existing economic sy...

WHITEHALL

Call for more oversight over local government finance

By Dan Peters | 12 January 2016

Concerns have been raised with a group of MPs about the lack of ‘independent comprehensive oversi...

WHITEHALL

NAO 'concerned' about accountability as powers devolved

By Dan Peters | 27 November 2015

The independent National Audit Office (NAO) will keep a close eye on accountability as Whitehall ...

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Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

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