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ECONOMIC GROWTH
'Fix the broken system'
By Sarah Longlands | 15 May 2024
Local authorities are taking the lead in trying to alleviate the climate crisis but there is a de...
FINANCE
Council debt up by £52bn since 2010
By William Eichler | 02 May 2024
Local government debt has increased by 78% since 2010 as councils attempted to make up for cuts t...
FINANCE
Gauging the benefit of productivity plans
By Abdool Kara | 30 April 2024
At the least the new Government requirement for productivity plans will give a platform for autho...
FINANCE
Reimagining council operations: Hunt vs. Logic
By Claire Agutter | 25 March 2024
Claire Agutter says councils can navigate financial challenges by adopting robust strategic plann...
FINANCE
Who can solve the council tax conundrum?
By Jon Rowney | 13 March 2024
In the latest of The MJ’s series outlining a new vision for local government, drawing from the Ly...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Budget leaves councils in peril
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 08 March 2024
Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says many will highlight that cuts in local government spending mean th...
FINANCE
Making economic development a statutory duty for councils would be a rare win-win
By Abdool Kara | 06 March 2024
The sector wants to make economic development services a statutory duty for councils. Abdool Kara...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Growth matters
By Ann McGauran | 06 March 2024
Tom Stannard talks to Ann McGauran about why strengthening local government’s economic developmen...
FINANCE
Scottish Budget 'not good' for communities
By Dan Peters | 28 February 2024
Next year’s Scottish Budget is ‘not good’ for communities, council leaders have said.
PLANNING
The first cuts are the deepest
By Martin Ford | 27 February 2024
Sector experts talk to Martin Ford about the effects of job cuts on councils’ resilience, the imp...
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Registered Manager - Children's Home - WMF2945e
£51,356 - £52,413 (plus an additional market factor supplement of £7,842)
Are you looking for a role that offers more than just career progression? Apply for this job
Director of Quality and Safeguarding
£100,731 - £104,625
Trafford is a borough with ambition at its heart. Apply for this job
Senior Lawyer (Housing)
£55,296 - £60,286 per annum
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Lawyer (Housing) to join us! Apply for this job
- London borough chief to retire
- Exclusive: Reorganisation 'heaps further pressure' on children's leadership
- MHCLG praises council capability on housing
- MHCLG's questions about structural change orders threaten relationships in Gloucestershire
- Exclusive: Rural and urban council funding 'more or less' the same
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