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PLANNING

Councils promised tax overhaul

By Martin Ford | 23 November 2021

Reform of council tax, including devolved powers for local authorities, are among the plans in a ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Will funding land next month to help levelling up?

By Paul O’Brien | 17 November 2021

Councils will await with interest December’s annual financial settlement to see where funding lan...

COUNCIL TAX

Authorities under pressure

By Ann McGauran | 17 November 2021

Fears about councils’ financial sustainability remain in the wake of the Spending Review, includi...

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...

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

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Bolton Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of People

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Director of Strategy and Transformation

£108,697 - £117,998

As a leader at Lancashire County Council, you’ll join an authority with real scale, courageous ambition and deep pride in place. Apply for this job

Lancashire County Council

Highway Design and Construction Manager

Grade N, scp50 £62,443 to scp53 £65,663 per annum, plus essential car user allowance

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. Apply for this job

Bolton Council