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COUNCIL TAX

'Smart bins' and tax cuts could help increase recycling rates - report

By William Eichler | 13 May 2019

Local authorities could use ‘smart bins’ and council tax cuts to help drive up recycling rates in...

FINANCE

Localised council tax support schemes six years on

By Thomas Pope | 16 April 2019

Stuart Adam and Thomas Pope of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IfS) estimate a quarter of the a...

COUNCIL TAX

London councils unite to reveal pockets of poverty

By Deven Ghelani | 15 April 2019

Deven Ghelani outlines how a collaboration involving 18 London boroughs has resulted in a data an...

COUNCIL TAX

Whitehall pledges to end aggressive council tax debt collection

By Laura Sharman | 11 April 2019

The way local authorities recover unpaid council tax is to be reviewed by the Government in a bid...

FINANCE

Plea to fund social care through insurance

By Martin Ford | 09 April 2019

A minister has been asked to consider mandatory insurance to ease social care funding pressures i...

COUNCIL TAX

Wales launches 'resident-focused' council tax reforms

By Hiba Mahamadi | 01 April 2019

Council tax debtors in Wales will no longer be at risk of imprisonment as part of a new initiativ...

WHITEHALL

Councils defend council tax hikes

By Heather Jameson | 27 March 2019

Councils have had ‘little choice’ but to raise council tax to protect local services, the Local G...

FINANCE

A taxing problem

By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2019

Heather Jameson looks at the latest report from the IFS’s Local Government Finance Commission, wh...

SOCIAL CARE

Waiting for Godot and the Social Care Green Paper

By Heather Jameson | 19 March 2019

Public finances are outperforming expectations, but the post-spring statement briefing from the I...

FINANCE

Steepest council tax rise in 15 years

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2019

The steepest climb in council tax in 15 years in Wales will take place in 2019/20, the Chartered ...

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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