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FINANCE

Key Cities demand fiscal freedoms

By Jonathan Werran | 30 April 2015

The transfer of local property taxes must form the main plank to devolution at city level, an inf...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

'Don't let devo burden taxpayers'

By Jonathan Werran | 28 April 2015

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has reaffirmed Conservative policy that the drive towards dece...

FINANCE

Battle lines drawn ahead of election

By Dan Peters | 28 April 2015

Battle lines have been drawn across local government ahead of the last week of campaigning.

BUSINESS RATES

Osborne hints at business rates freedom

By Jonathan Werran | 27 April 2015

Chancellor George Osborne has suggested a future Conservative administration would give cities fr...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Devolution delivered?

By Jonathan Werran | 22 April 2015

Key positions on local government finance, housing and economic growth were staked out in the mai...

HEALTH

National politicians have few new answers

By Simon Parker | 21 April 2015

Director of the New Local Government Network think tank, Simon Parker, asks what the future holds...

BUSINESS RATES

Council business rates plans pivotal to party manifestos

14 April 2015

Pledges to devolve greater business revenue powers to local authorities formed key planks of the ...

FINANCE

Council tax top of election agenda

By Jonathan Werran | 09 April 2015

Conservative and Labour party heavyweights have brought the future of council tax charges to the ...

WHITEHALL

Labour boasts of big devolution plans

By Jonathan Werran | 08 April 2015

Labour leaders have claimed the party’s devolution blueprint would benefit English local authorit...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A modern day morality tale

By Paul Wheeler | 30 March 2015

Paul Wheeler breaks down the complexities of achieving that ultimate goal – a fairer local govern...

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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

Group Lawyer Manager (Contracts and Commercial) - WMF2156e

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Westmorland and Furness Council

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