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FINANCE
Councils' frontline role battling energy crisis
By Martin Ford | 03 February 2022
Local authorities have been tasked with administering a council tax rebate and £144m fund to soft...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Inflation's a concern for councils and residents
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 01 February 2022
Councils and residents are facing severe price rises that will hit the more deprived hardest, say...
COUNCIL TAX
Supporting Wandsworth's residents through difficult times
By Cllr Ravi Govindia | 01 February 2022
Wandsworth LBC is freezing council rents along with heating and hot water fuel charges from April...
WHITEHALL
Levelling up will take years, IFS warns
By Michael Burton | 01 February 2022
An updated funding formula and a revalued and reformed council tax will be key early tests of the...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Difficult decisions lie ahead for counties
By Nicola Beach | 26 January 2022
County Councils Network analysis projects that even with the extra funding secured by the sector,...
FINANCE
Tax reforms offer solutions to finance flaws - report
By Martin Ford | 14 January 2022
Changes to the current system could resolve issues around sufficiency and unfairness, and support...
FINANCE
Will this year see lift-off for local government?
By Heather Jameson | 11 January 2022
If Mr Gove is to deliver the aims of levelling up, to strengthen local leadership, boost civic pr...
FINANCE
Balancing the books in an uncertain world
By Richard Ambrose | 10 January 2022
The need to take difficult decisions and prudent financial management underpin Buckinghamshire Co...
ENVIRONMENT
The problems with the finance settlement
By Ian Miller | 17 December 2021
Ian Miller examines the risks and uncertainties for districts in the provisional settlement, and ...
FINANCE
Gove unveils £54bn finance settlement
By Martin Ford | 16 December 2021
The provisional local government finance settlement for 2022-23 represents an additional 4% incre...
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Head of Parks and Environment
£62,474 to £73,056
Make a real difference to places, people and the environment. Apply for this job
Head of Estates Services (Strategy, Project Management and Compliance)
£55,743.00 per annum
The Head of Estates Services (Strategy, Project Management and Compliance) is a senior leadership role Apply for this job
Building Control Technical Lead
Circa up to £57k* + 10% Recruitment Payment
This is an exciting new role designed to mentor and develop our Building Control professionals of the future. Apply for this job
- LGR creates major challenges for the corporate services that many have reduced and pared back for years
- Council threatens legal action over £20m roads funding row
- Reform leads ward coverage in May local elections
- Lancashire CC apologises for role in failings before Southport attack
- LGA's first chair Lord Beecham dies
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