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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils call for streamlined new burdens for Brexit
By Dan Peters | 26 February 2019
Councils have urged the Government to introduce a more streamlined approach to providing new burd...
WHITEHALL
NLGN in fresh fiscal devolution call
By Chris Mahony | 26 February 2019
Only full fiscal devolution with comprehensive tax-raising powers at a local level will deliver t...
WHITEHALL
Pensions uncertainty could last until 2020
By Chris Mahony | 25 February 2019
Uncertainty over the true value of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) could ‘rumble on in...
WHITEHALL
Portsmouth leader 'shocked' at Brexit port funding
By Dan Peters | 21 February 2019
The leader of a council covering a ‘vital’ freight port has expressed his shock at the funding al...
WHITEHALL
Business rates 'creaking at the seams'
By Dan Peters | 21 February 2019
Business rates as a tax is ‘creaking at the seams and in need of reform,’ London Councils has tol...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Sector fumes over lack of pre-Brexit briefing
By Dan Peters | 21 February 2019
Councils have threatened to walk away from Government attempts to engage with them on Brexit amid...
FINANCE
MPs pile pressure on Government over business rates reform
By Chris Mahony | 21 February 2019
MPs have urged ministers to assess specific proposals for reforming business rates by the autumn.
FINANCE
DCN calls for rates retention delay
By Dan Peters | 19 February 2019
The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has called for a one-year delay in the implementation of 75%...
WHITEHALL
Business rates plans are 'confusing and imprecise' - finance experts
By Heather Jameson | 18 February 2019
Finance experts have hit out at Government plans for business rates retention, claiming they are ...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Campaigners press for audit legislation review
By Dan Peters | 15 February 2019
Campaigners have pressed for review of the five-year-old Local Audit and Accountability Act to en...
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Armed Forces Commissioner
£170,000 per annum
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Executive Director Finance, Governance and Assets (s151)
£153,592 - £168,952
Local government in Surrey is being reshaped for the first time in more than 50 years. Apply for this job
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Code at the centre of cyber alert seen on more than 40% of UK council websites surveyed
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
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