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FINANCE

Clark resists local demand to bring forward finance settlement cash

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark has publicly rejected calls from the sector to frontload cash to...

WHITEHALL

'Agree, or I'll set a plan,' says Clark

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark has urged the sector to strike an agreement on how business rate...

HEALTH

Districts call for expansion of social care precept

By MJ reporter | 26 January 2016

District councils should be allowed to charge a ‘prevention precept’ to help them get to the root...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Exclusive: DCN director Stephen Brown to step down

By Thomas Bridge | 26 January 2016

Stephen Brown is stepping down from his role as director of the District Councils Network (DCN), ...

FINANCE

A call for clarity

By Heather Jameson | 19 January 2016

Heather Jameson analyses the fallout from the local government finance settlement consultation an...

WHITEHALL

MPs call for revamp of finance figures

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 January 2016

MPs have written to communities secretary Greg Clark to fight the case for county councils in the...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

District leaders rip into rates appeal proposals

By Sam Clayden | 05 January 2016

District council leaders have urged the Government to radically reduce the proposed three-year ti...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A questionable future

By Sandra Dinneen | 04 January 2016

Sandra Dinneen looks ahead to the future of local government finance and says districts must be r...

WHITEHALL

'Back door' shake-up fears

By Sam Clayden | 08 December 2015

The local government map could be ripped up after a last-minute amendment to the devolution Bill ...

FINANCE

Blood, sweat and tiers

By Nicola Bulbeck | 03 December 2015

Nicola Bulbeck describes how shared working across local authorities has benefitted the staff and...

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Policy, Improvement and Risk Manager

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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