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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Authority urged to 'join forces to create enterprise zone'

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 July 2015

A local MP has called for Shropshire Council and Marches Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to jo...

WHITEHALL

It's all about the money

By Heather Jameson | 14 July 2015

Heather Jameson looks at the small print for the sector as the emergency budget provided a mixed ...

FINANCE

Making the leap into municipal bonds

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Developed through the Local Government Association as a means of reducing councils’ capital finan...

FINANCE

COSLA calls for local tax-raising powers

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 July 2015

Town hall bosses and finance chiefs in Scotland have called for the right to set local taxes, as ...

FINANCE

Councils 'must seek new cash for growth'

By Dan Peters | 01 July 2015

New sources of finance will be needed for council economic development activities if the focus on...

FINANCE

LGA: Care funding must be protected

By Heather Jameson | 30 June 2015

Care funding must be protected if the Government wants to protect the National Health Service, th...

WHITEHALL

What a relief

24 June 2015

Regular readers of Diary will know we like nothing more than a good toilet story to flush away al...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA seeks leave to appeal on business rates

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2015

Failure to reform the business rates appeal system so councils can contest appeals could result i...

HEALTH

Finance chiefs seek change to 'inconsistent' funding system

By Heather Jameson | 17 June 2015

Even the most successful authorities are struggling to meet the financial challenges they face, a...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

We need a simpler system

By Sandra Cowley | 17 June 2015

The business rates retention scheme is complex, with its funding targets, top-ups, tariffs, levie...

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Director of Transport

£112,924

Premium jobEast Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is on a bold journey. Apply for this job

East Midlands Combined County Authority

Director of Children’s Services (DCS)

£129,000

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Swindon Borough Council

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£51,356 - £52,413

As the ICT Infrastructure Manager at Westmorland and Furness Council Apply for this job

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