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ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Fund the biggest pressures nationally and the rest through a progressive local tax

By Paul Wheeler | 06 February 2018

It is time we broke our fixation with Brexit and focused on issues of real concern, writes Paul W...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Government was warned of fears over Northamptonshire's finances

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2018

Northamptonshire CC warned the Government it was facing a structural funding deficit years before...

FINANCE

Burnham settles on £7 precept

By Mark Conrad | 29 January 2018

Greater Manchester’s directly-elected mayor, Andy Burnham, will charge households an average of £...

FINANCE

Mayor defends £11 tax precept

By Mark Conrad | 25 January 2018

West Midlands mayor Andy Street yesterday defended his proposal for an £11 council tax precept af...

WHITEHALL

Districts call for council tax limit increase

By Dan Peters | 16 January 2018

Districts have called for the council tax cap to be increased so they can raise an extra £9m.

COUNCIL TAX

Local authorities left with 'no choice' but to increase council tax

By Laura Sharman | 15 January 2018

The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted its members have been left with 'no choice' b...

FINANCE

Burnham under pressure to limit tax

By Mark Conrad | 12 January 2018

Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, is under pressure to limit his council tax precept.

FINANCE

Shadow minister quits after council tax row

By Dan Peters | 11 January 2018

A former member of the Communities and Local Government Committee has quit Labour’s frontbench af...

FINANCE

'The finance system is broken beyond the next few years'

By Heather Jameson | 11 January 2018

With the provisional local government finance settlement published so late in the day before Chri...

FINANCE

Council tax is a regressive tax - it's time to do something

By Jo Miller | 11 January 2018

With a tax based on 1991 property values, the decks are firmly stacked against a sector that is a...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

Premium jobNewcastle is a city fast gaining a reputation for its innovation and progress. Apply for this job

Newcastle City Council

Service Manager – Commercial Development

Up to £57,800 plus relocation package up to £8,000

We have two exciting opportunities to join our forward-thinking team. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council