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WHITEHALL

SOLACE Summit: Clarke calls for unitary revolution

By Dan Peters | 08 October 2015

Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has called for all local authorities to become unitaries.

WHITEHALL

SOLACE Summit: Rogers fed up being treated like child

By Dan Peters | 08 October 2015

The president of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) has called for a ‘new p...

WHITEHALL

SOLACE Summit: £11bn of extra responsibilities for councils

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2015

Local government will have to take on £11bn of additional responsibilities from Whitehall in retu...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Only 'few' councils to win substantial fiscal devolution

By Thomas Bridge | 07 October 2015

Few councils are likely to gain significant financial powers under the Government’s devolution dr...

DCLG

Smaller cities passed-over in devo deals

By Sam Clayden | 07 October 2015

Devolution of powers to smaller, faster-growing cities is being overlooked in favour of larger, p...

DCLG

Chief's frustration over geography issue

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2015

A chief executive involved in devolution talks has expressed her ‘frustration’ that the Governmen...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rates revolution

By Heather Jameson | 06 October 2015

Plans to return 100% of business rates to local government are ‘little more than a back of the en...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Devolution in the 'new politics' era

By Simon Parker | 06 October 2015

Devolution is an assault on local democracy, or so we were told last week by Labour’s new communi...

FINANCE

Keeping it real

By Mark Rogers | 06 October 2015

SOLACE president Mark Rogers explains to delegates at its annual summit why local government must...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Two's company

By Neil Clarke | 06 October 2015

An INLOGOV report recommends district councils should seize the devolutionary moment by taking t...

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Transformation and Innovation Manager

£51,356- £55,539

Do you thrive in a dynamic and innovative environment? Apply for this job

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