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FINANCE
Fraud cases drop but value increases
By Dan Peters | 24 November 2017
Local authorities detected and prevented 75,000 fraud cases, saving the public purse £336m in 201...
FINANCE
Budget: Government favours its own services over local ones
By Sean Nolan | 15 November 2017
Sean Nolan provides a rundown of the major local government issues confronting the chancellor in ...
FINANCE
Abdool Kara: Councils are being economical with the truth
By Abdool Kara | 15 November 2017
Different council groups are lobbying for a bigger proportion of government funding as ministers ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Fair funding fears as councils fight for share
By EXCLUSIVE by Sam Clayden | 15 November 2017
A senior sector figure has torn open fresh wounds, accusing councils of stretching the truth as t...
WHITEHALL
Counties lobby for transitional grant extension
By Dan Peters | 10 November 2017
Counties have been lobbying the Government to increase and extend the transitional grant for the ...
BUSINESS
Treasury set to curb borrowing
By Heather Jameson | 07 November 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond is poised to crack down on the rules surrounding council borrowing amid...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Mayors versus councils attitude is counterproductive, warns CIPFA chief
By Hiba Mahamadi | 02 November 2017
Local authorities should not view metro mayors with distrust, the chief executive of the Chartere...
WHITEHALL
Challenge Government data, NAO tells chief execs
By Hiba Mahamadi | 02 November 2017
Local authorities should challenge data and analysis put forward by the Government, the comptroll...
FINANCE
Sector concerns over fair funding timescale
By Dan Peters | 25 October 2017
The results of the fair funding review (FFR) might not be published until weeks before the provis...
FINANCE
The numbers man with a mission
By Heather Jameson | 19 October 2017
From a trainee at Birmingham to dealing with central government on the future of public finances,...
Head of Education
£87,117- £93,978
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Service Managers – Children's Social Care
£61,863 - £67,592
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Head of Commercial Services
£77,339 - £83,714
Few boroughs have a story quite like Trafford’s. Apply for this job
Head of Education
£87,117- £93,978
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Service Managers – Children's Social Care
£61,863 - £67,592
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Head of Commercial Services
£77,339 - £83,714
Few boroughs have a story quite like Trafford’s. Apply for this job
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