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FINANCE

Council blocks mayor 'power grab' plan to axe chief's role

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2021

Members of Middlesbrough Council have voted to keep their chief executive, blocking a ‘power grab...

FINANCE

LGA members accuse CIPFA of 'mission overreach'

By Martin Ford | 18 November 2021

Proposed changes to finance rules have provoked anger from the Local Government Association (LGA).

WHITEHALL

Social rent home building drops 12%

By Dan Peters | 18 November 2021

Just under 6,000 new social rent homes were delivered in England last year, new Government statis...

FINANCE

Many of the poorest pensioners will face 'catastrophic' care costs

By Ann McGauran | 18 November 2021

Many of the poorest pensioners will pay the same for their care as richer people after the Govern...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

ALATS can aim to cultivate an environment supportive of finance chiefs

By Tony Kirkham | 17 November 2021

Tony Kirkham has taken up the reins as the new president of the Association of Local Authority Tr...

DEVOLUTION

Levelling up locally to bridge the divides

By Paul Swinney | 17 November 2021

What kind of plan should the levelling up White Paper set out, and where will urban leaders and t...

EDUCATION

Skills to even out life's opportunities

By Sir Paul Carter | 17 November 2021

We can’t hope to level up until we build on the Spending Review cash pledges and fundamentally re...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Getting our economies growing

By Cllr Tim Oliver | 17 November 2021

Focused on levelling up, finance, social care, local economies, climate change and the ongoing ch...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Will funding land next month to help levelling up?

By Paul O’Brien | 17 November 2021

Councils will await with interest December’s annual financial settlement to see where funding lan...

COUNCIL TAX

Authorities under pressure

By Ann McGauran | 17 November 2021

Fears about councils’ financial sustainability remain in the wake of the Spending Review, includi...

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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