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FINANCE

LGA faces financial headache

By Chris Mahony | 25 January 2019

Smith Square has acknowledged the financial challenges it faces as it freezes subscriptions while...

WHITEHALL

LGA backs deprivation in fair funding row

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2019

The Local Government Association (LGA) has broken its silence to back the importance of deprivati...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: No-deal Brexit funding call

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2019

Smith Square has pushed Marsham Street to provide funding for councils to implement their no-deal...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Right to Buy can be the right way ahead

By Heather Jameson | 23 January 2019

In future, Right to Buy can only be the right thing to do if homes are replaced – otherwise it’s ...

WHITEHALL

Monitoring officer review call

By Dan Peters | 22 January 2019

The organisation representing legal and governance council officers is to push for a Government r...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Government defends Right to Buy against call for abolition

By Martin Ford | 22 January 2019

A top Marsham Street official has defended the Government’s Right to Buy policy as ‘good value fo...

FINANCE

Government concern over investments focused on two or three councils

By Martin Ford | 22 January 2019

Marsham Street is ‘worried’ about ‘two or three’ councils’ commercial ventures, civil servants ha...

FINANCE

Whitehall stalled for year prior to Northamptonshire intervention

By Martin Ford | 22 January 2019

The Government waited for more than a year before intervening over Northamptonshire CC’s financia...

FINANCE

Met councils' chair says proposed changes to funding formula 'grossly unfair'

By Ann McGauran | 21 January 2019

The chair of the Special Interest Group of Metropolitan Authorities (SIGOMA)  has written to Jame...

WHITEHALL

Buckinghamshire districts threaten legal action over unitary plan

By Dan Peters | 21 January 2019

Two Buckinghamshire districts have written to the Government warning they could launch legal proc...

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

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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