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LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE

MPs criticise 'glacial' progress of levelling up projects

By Martin Ford | 16 January 2024

Mandarins from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) faced the Public ...

FINANCE

Scots councils face 'difficult decisions' over budgets

By Mark Conrad | 16 January 2024

Scotland’s councils need to ‘innovate at pace’ and make ‘difficult decisions about cuts to servic...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Cities find their future

By Cllr John Merry | 15 January 2024

Cllr John Merry looks back at Key Cities’ successes and considers what he would like the network ...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

A new Government provides the opportunity for long-term reform

By Simon Edwards | 15 January 2024

The SEN system and the broken children’s social care residential market are the main drivers of ...

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Local government's very own FTSE

By Jes Ladva | 15 January 2024

The scale and breadth of local government often goes unsung, says Jes Ladva. He outlines why Odge...

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Money, money everywhere?

By Martin Ford | 15 January 2024

Councils’ reserves are not there to be guarded, says a local government minister. In straitened t...

FINANCE

Freedom to be and to do

By Jonathan Carr-West | 15 January 2024

Local government needs a multi-year sustainable funding settlement; central government needs to t...

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Auditor's 'significant concerns' over Dudley finances

By Martin Ford | 15 January 2024

Dudley MBC has received a withering verdict on its finances from external auditor Grant Thornton ...

FINANCE

Clarity will be crucial to reform

By Emmet Regan | 15 January 2024

As 2024 begins, Emmet Regan sets out a framework for any incoming government to consider when map...

FINANCE

40% of councils face 'financial failure'

By Ellie Ames | 15 January 2024

Two in five councils in England could see their reserves drop to less than 5% of their net revenu...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

Premium jobNewcastle is a city fast gaining a reputation for its innovation and progress. Apply for this job

Newcastle City Council

Service Manager – Commercial Development

Up to £57,800 plus relocation package up to £8,000

We have two exciting opportunities to join our forward-thinking team. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council