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BUSINESS RATES

Green light for councils' legal action worth £10m

By Martin Ford | 17 May 2021

Legal action that could see an estimated £10m business rates windfall paid to councils has been c...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Levelling up needs long-term approach

By Martin Ford | 10 May 2021

A shake-up of local government funding is required to achieve a levelling up of the country, a ne...

BUSINESS RATES

Scotland 'should grasp nettle' of council tax reform

By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021

Holyrood should go further in overhauling taxation, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies ...

BUSINESS RATES

Let's see what happens on longer-term funding

By Lorna Baxter | 31 March 2021

Lorna Baxter gave evidence at the Public Accounts Committee in response to the NAO report on loca...

SOCIAL CARE

Care Act easements end

By Martin Ford | 26 March 2021

Emergency powers allowing councils to suspend Care Act requirements during the pandemic have been...

BUSINESS RATES

Opposition to greater council control of business rates

By Martin Ford | 24 March 2021

The prospect of handing more powers over business rates to local government has been given a fros...

BUSINESS RATES

Holiday homes tax loophole to be closed

By Martin Ford | 24 March 2021

The Government has announced a clampdown on tax breaks for second homes

FINANCE

NHS backs down over business rates

By Dan Peters | 23 March 2021

NHS trusts have withdrawn their appeal against a High Court ruling that said they were not eligib...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: 'Business rates will be like Tudor beard tax'

By Dan Peters | 17 March 2021

A senior finance director has said ‘anachronistic’ business rates are ‘going in the direction of ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

At the right level

By Jonathan Werran | 17 March 2021

As the heart of the UK's knowledge and biotech economies, Oxford urgently needs urban leadership ...

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frederica-diamanta

Strategic Director, Corporate Services

c£162,000 per annum, more for an exceptional candidate

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC

Programme Manager - WMF2246e

£56,883 - £59,198

The Capital Programme team is responsible for the core delivery of the Council’s c. £80-100m/year Capital Programme Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Head of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer

£79,336 – £86,691 per annum

As Head of Law and Governance you join at a critical time. Apply for this job

Crawley Borough Council