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FINANCE
Is income tax assignment a step change in English devolution?
By Mark Sandford | 22 April 2026
Kevin Muldoon-Smith and Mark Sandford say assigning a share of income tax locally could strengthen incentives for long-term, place-based strategy, but international experience suggests this would w...
DEVOLUTION
Future Forum North: Devolution is here to stay
By Dan Peters | 04 December 2025
Devolution ‘can feel like a marriage with no prospect of divorce’ but is ‘here to stay’, the pres...
SIGOMA
The Recovery Grant: a vital tool to rebuild local communities
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 November 2025
Overall, the Government’s local government finance reforms appear to be a positive step forward o...
KEY CITIES
Councils are at breaking point and social care should be made a priority
By Cllr Mike Stonard | 24 November 2025
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, Key Cities portfolio holder for health and social care Cllr Mike Ston...
SOCIAL HOUSING
Building balance: The case for £3-a-week rent convergence
By Dan Hawthorn | 24 November 2025
Decisions around rent convergence in the Government’s upcoming Budget will shape the strength of ...
SOCIAL CARE
Beating the Budget: System-led sustainability for social care
By Amy Long | 24 November 2025
Amy Long looks at finding the levers that adults and children’s services can use to build future-...
PREVENTION
For the first time, prevention can be mapped and measured
By Iain Murray | 24 November 2025
By mapping spend, finance and service teams can build a shared understanding of what prevention l...
LGA
LGA's Budget submission calls for investment and a significant funding increase
By Louise Gittins | 20 November 2025
Councils are a vital partner for any government, but we need to be empowered, entrusted and resou...
AUTUMN BUDGET
Boulevard of broken Budget dreams
By Jonathan Werran | 20 November 2025
Has the chancellor reached the end of the road? Jonathan Werran argues that financial redistribut...
COUNCIL TAX
A Budget eye on council tax
By Paul Marinko | 19 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering council tax reform in her upcoming Budget – a move that c...
AUTUMN BUDGET
EXCLUSIVE: Budget should fund further devo, says finance expert
By Ann McGauran | 19 November 2025
Next week’s Budget should be used to fund further waves of devolution and to create a commission ...
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£100k+ (pay award pending)
Premium jobSalford Community Leisure (SCL) is a community benefit society with charitable status that manages sport, leisure, and cultural services... Apply for this job
Heads of Service - Cared For/Care Leavers
£76,261 - £88,631
With strong investment, renewed energy and a clear sense of purpose across our services. Apply for this job
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With strong investment, renewed energy and a clear sense of purpose across our services. Apply for this job
- Mayor steps into chief executive row with Reform UK councillors
- Warning over financial risks faced by children's care providers
- Reform pledges to proritise Green councils for immigration detention centres
- Designing for cohesion
- Reorganisation: For councils, 'business as usual' matters as we look to the future
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