FINANCE

LGA chair: Councils should have the freedom to set rates

By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2021

Councils should be put on the right financial footing to enable them to set council tax rates how...

FINANCE

Can we have both levelling up and devo?

By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2021

Levelling up local government finance needs a more centralised system of funding, says Heather Ja...

PAY

We need a long term and strategic approach to funding

By Claire Kober | 09 November 2021

The Spending Review 'underlines the desperate need for Government to view local government as a c...

COUNCIL TAX

Local government must be at the heart of proposals for levelling up

By Simon Edwards | 09 November 2021

The CCN, along with the Local Government Association and others, worked tirelessly to make the ca...

FINANCE

Doubt over future of 75% rates retention under Gove

By Paul Marinko | 09 November 2021

New local government secretary Michael Gove has indicated that 75% business rates retention could...

SOCIAL CARE

It looks likely that councils will continue to live on the thin gruel

By Ben Page | 02 November 2021

Councils are expected to be allowed to increase bills by 2.8% per year, says Ben Page. 'The bad n...

COUNCIL TAX

There are more questions now than before the Budget

By Adele Taylor | 02 November 2021

The more challenging aspect of the Budget's announcements is the vacuum of definitive information...

COUNCIL TAX

Council to review two tax errors within a week

By Martin Ford | 29 October 2021

North Northamptonshire sent out hundreds of court summonses for non-payment in error and withdrew...

WHITEHALL

Budget 2021: Council tax cut will leave councils struggling, says IFS

29 October 2021

The Government’s move to lower the threshold of council tax increases before a referendum is ‘sur...

SOCIAL CARE

A mixed fiscal bag for councils

By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2021

Isn't it ironic that a chancellor devoted to low taxes has funded a bonanza Budget through taxes ...

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Director of Finance (Strategy) – deputy S151

up to £125k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Director of Finance (Strategy) – deputy S151

up to £125k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council