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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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