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FINANCE
'Don't demonise CFOs for issuing S114 reports'
By Dan Peters | 02 June 2016
Chief financial officers (CFO) should not be ‘demonised’ if their only option is to issue a Secti...
HEALTH
Experts back bid to 'fix financial plans'
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 May 2016
Experts have backed calls by finance chiefs to fix health and social care spending as a proportio...
WHITEHALL
'Essential' needs review must break status quo
By Dan Peters | 17 May 2016
The needs-based review being carried out as part of the move to business rates retention must rip...
HUMOUR
Pun and games
11 May 2016
Far be it from Diary to eschew a pun – the comedy ploy beloved of headline writers everywhere – b...
FINANCE
Councils under pressure to deliver efficiency plans
By Dan Peters | 11 May 2016
Senior finance and policy officers will gather next month to thrash out top tips for councils thi...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Chiefs warn against Brexit
By Heather Jameson | 04 May 2016
Council chief executives today break their silence over the European Union (EU) referendum, with ...
FINANCE
Bid to simplify authorities' accounts 'should go further'
By MJ reporter | 12 April 2016
A senior council finance chief has questioned the success of efforts to make local government acc...
BUSINESS
Settlement 'responsible for inequalities in the system'
By Dan Peters | 06 April 2016
Unitary and top-tier councils in areas with relatively low levels of deprivation have been shelte...
FINANCE
The pressure has started
By Sean Nolan | 01 April 2016
As business rates retention edges closer, Sean Nolan outlines the challenge ahead as councils fac...
FINANCE
Double whammy to cost councils £1bn
By Mark Whitehead | 31 March 2016
A rising tide of extra costs resulting from a double whammy of changes is forcing councils toward...
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- Council urged to take immediate steps to cut costs
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- Local government reorganisation: What councils must get right
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Transport and Major Work Manager
£54,556 to £60,085 per year Inclusive of Local Weighting Allowance of £1096
Premium jobDrive the future of transport and infrastructure in Slough Apply for this job
Head of In-House Repairs and Maintenance
£69,228 - £78,018
We are seeking an exceptional and experienced leader to join our Housing service as Head of In-House Repairs and Maintenance. Apply for this job
Head of Constitutional and Electoral Services
£89,037 - £92,538
This role will place you at the centre of political decision-making and governance in the Council. Apply for this job
- Council urged to take immediate steps to cut costs
- EXCLUSIVE: Second home owners paying up on council tax, leaders say
- Government rejects SEND power expansion for councils
- Local government reorganisation: What councils must get right
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
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