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FINANCE
Future Forum North: IFS boss praises 'sensible' Labour tax proposals
By Dan Peters | 06 December 2019
The director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies has urged whoever is elected next week to look a...
HOUSING
Future Forum North: Call for councils to 'bust down housebuilding cartel'
By Martin Ford | 06 December 2019
Local government has been urged to take on private housebuilders to unleash financial and social ...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Don't seek to frustrate legitimate use of powers by the back door
By Ian Miller | 03 December 2019
Councils must have regard to the MHCLG guidance on investments, says Ian Miller. But a power to g...
PLANNING
Sunderland receives £100m 'vote of confidence'
By William Eichler | 22 November 2019
Sunderland City Council’s city centre masterplan has received a massive boost from a £100m deal w...
WHITEHALL
Council spending powers to be restored to 2010 levels under Labour
By Dan Peters | 21 November 2019
Labour would ‘reverse the Tory decade of austerity for local government’ and aim to restore counc...
FINANCE
We need a sector-wide perspective on PWLB rate increase
By Abdool Kara | 19 November 2019
The sector might ask itself if a 'small' rate increase in the cost of loans from the Public Works...
HEALTH
Health leaders in fresh social care warning
By Dan Peters | 18 November 2019
Health leaders have warned that the persistent neglect of social care is damaging patient care ac...
BUSINESS
Labour proposes BT public ownership plan
By Paul Marinko | 15 November 2019
BT would be partly taken back into public ownership under Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to n...
FINANCE
CIPFA in further property investment crackdown
By Dan Peters | 15 November 2019
The prudential code has been further clarified to ‘ensure that responsible decisions are made wit...
FINANCE
Councils have become dependent on the PWLB as 'first resort' lender
By June Matte | 08 November 2019
June Matte says borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) is ‘easy’ – but that it’s time ...
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Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job
Director of Social Work and Social Care
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