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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 ...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: Devo focus moves away from transformation

By Sam Clayden | 05 December 2016

The focus of the devolution agenda has shifted away from public service transformation under the ...

FINANCE

Future Forum North: 'Devolution deals may not be for whole country'

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2016

Local Government Association chief executive Mark Lloyd has publicly accepted for the first time ...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Service - Assessment & Intervention

£62,474 - £73,056 plus a Market Rate Supplement

Join a creative, forward-thinking senior leadership team within Children and Families at Kirklees Council. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

General Manager – Building Safety Compliance

£51,356 - £53,460

Building safety for our homes and neighbourhoods is a top priority at Kirklees Council. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Service Director - Education and SEND

£103,212 to £110,106 per annum (Grade O)

West Berkshire Council is seeking an exceptional Service Director for Education and SEND to join our Children’s Services family Apply for this job

West Berkshire Council