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FINANCE

A bumpy ride for the sector

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016

From Bowie to Brexit and bed-blocking, 2016 has been a rollercoaster year. Heather Jameson skips ...

FINANCE

Goodbye 2016 and hello to another turbulent year

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016

Heather Jameson looks back on one difficult year for local government and forward to another.

FINANCE

Taxpayers' Alliance calls for local income tax

By Michael Burton | 13 December 2016

The Taxpayers’ Alliance has called for local government to have the power to levy a local income ...

DEVOLUTION

Dugdale: Reverse attack on local democracy

By Sam Clayden | 07 December 2016

The Scottish Labour leader has outlined radical plans to reshape the UK into a federal state and ...

FINANCE

Taking the temperature at The MJ's Future Forum North

By Michael Burton | 06 December 2016

Editorial director Michael Burton on what he learnt from our latest event

FINANCE

Lessons from Layfield – 40 years on

By John Stewart | 06 December 2016

It is 40 years since the Layfield Commission on local government finance report. George Jones and...

BUSINESS

Leeds approves £64m to fund growth schemes

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 December 2016

Local authority and business leaders in Leeds have approved £64m of new infrastructure and job-cr...

BUSINESS

The Northern Powerhouse must be driven from within

By Ed Cox | 06 December 2016

Questions about the virtues of the Northern Powerhouse may have eased off, but Ed Cox says its ti...

HUMOUR

Percy's a glass half full guy

06 December 2016

Northern Powerhouse minister Andrew Percy may have left Twitter due to trolls, but that hasn’t st...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA split over mayoral devolution

By Dominic Browne | 06 December 2016

Senior figures at the Local Government Association (LGA) are divided over whether to continue to ...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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Stevenage Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Care Services

£158,000

This is an exciting time to be joining Hertfordshire County Council. Apply for this job

Hertfordshire County Council

Assistant Director - People & Change

Up to £91,625 + generous pension

Cambridge is a city of global reputation and local pride – a place of ideas, innovation and inclusion. Apply for this job

Cambridge City Council