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FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: 'It's make or break time' - annual finance survey

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2017

Results of the latest LGiU/The MJ annual finance survey lead to stark warnings on the fiscal futu...

FINANCE

Surrey CC scraps plans for 15% council tax referendum

By Sam Clayden | 06 February 2017

Surrey CC has scrapped plans to hold a referendum on whether to increase council tax by 15%.

FINANCE

Schemes pressure poorer families

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017

Each new wave of council tax support schemes (CTS) has put a greater burden on low income familie...

FINANCE

Surrey is an example of why councils need fiscal freedoms

By Dr John Stanton | 30 January 2017

In the wake of Surrey CC's decision to hold a council tax referendum, Dr John Stanton argues givi...

FINANCE

Warning over future for care home providers

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2017

Councils have called for ‘urgent and genuinely new’ funding for social care amid fresh warnings t...

COUNCIL TAX

Ashford exits super district plan

By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2017

Councils in east Kent have published a business case for a super district but Ashford DC has quit...

COUNCIL TAX

Leaders risk referendums to do the right thing

By Heather Jameson | 24 January 2017

With the announcement of two referendums in the past week, this local election day is set to be m...

FINANCE

White Van Man on . . . tourism tax

24 January 2017

Whenever I go abroad to Italy or France or whatever I always discover the hotel has whacked on an...

COUNCIL TAX

Surrey CC needs a masterful campaign

By Ben Page | 24 January 2017

Surrey CC's decision to hold a council tax referendum was a bold move, but will the odds are stac...

HEALTH

EXCLUSIVE: Lack of confidence in adult social care strategy exposed

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The true scale of feeling across local government about the escalating social care crisis is reve...

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Talent Acquisition Lead (Manger)

Band I SCP 44-47 (£55,609 - £59,025 per annum)

Ready to shape the future of talent acquisition in local government and make a real impact? Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Principal Lawyer - Children and/or Adult Safeguarding

£51,356 - £56,494

Do you want to make a difference to local people? Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Industrial Relations and HR Policy Manager

£54,495 - £57,864

What You’ll Do This is a unique opportunity to step into a strategic role at the heart of industrial relations. As Industrial Relations & HR Polic... Apply for this job

Oxfordshire County Council