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FINANCE

Peers call for council tax reform

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2021

A cross-party chorus of peers has called for reform of the council tax system and new bands to be...

FINANCE

MPs call for urgent finance reforms

By Heather Jameson | 19 July 2021

Councils should be given more flexibility to raise their own taxes and social care funding urgent...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

The top national job, that's more local than you think

By Heather Jameson | 23 June 2021

Heather Jameson asks: 'Who would want to be Prime Minister when it is the local government issues...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Councils are owed certainty on funding

By Meg Hillier | 16 June 2021

The Public Accounts Committee has published its fifth annual report. Chair Meg Hillier says there...

FINANCE

The financial hole is not as deep as it looks

By Rob Whiteman | 16 June 2021

We can say with confidence that the hole councils are in is not as deep as it looks, says Rob Whi...

PLANNING

Call for holiday homes clampdown

By Martin Ford | 08 June 2021

Council leaders in Wales are asking for new powers and stricter taxation on holiday lets.

FINANCE

Council tax collection deficit hits £500m

By Martin Ford | 27 May 2021

Councils will need ‘additional help from taxpayers’ to balance their books, the Chartered Institu...

COUNCIL TAX

The Homeshare Model: simultaneously impacting housing and social care

By Amanda Clarke | 22 April 2021

The Homeshare model has a valuable impact on housing and social care, including supporting older ...

BUSINESS RATES

Scotland 'should grasp nettle' of council tax reform

By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021

Holyrood should go further in overhauling taxation, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies ...

COUNCIL TAX

Think-tank calls for reform of 'regressive' council tax in Scotland

By Laura Sharman | 12 April 2021

Council tax in Scotland should be increased to the same levels as the rest of the UK, a think-tan...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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Stevenage Borough Council

Early Years Advisor

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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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This is an exciting time to be joining Hertfordshire County Council. Apply for this job

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