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HOMELESSNESS

Ring-fenced funds are not well suited to the roaring demand challenges of the twenties

By Jessica Studdert | 16 November 2021

By doing away with ring-fences all together, local partners would be freed up to collaborate and ...

FINANCE

Slough ready to table capitalisation request as deficit exceeds £200m

By Martin Ford | 16 November 2021

Talks have been ongoing with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, but a form...

FINANCE

Councils need power and financial freedom to tackle housing, says think-tank

By Heather Jameson | 16 November 2021

Councils and communities need more powers and financial freedoms to drive new development and res...

FINANCE

Scottish councils need extra £1bn to 'survive'

By Laura Sharman | 16 November 2021

Councils in Scotland need more than an extra £1bn a year just to survive, a new briefing has warned.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

To level up we need to invest in the place-based skills of councils

By Pooja Agrawal | 16 November 2021

What is the best way to ensure that the Levelling Up Fund actually improves everyday life in the ...

FINANCE

LGA chair: Councils should have the freedom to set rates

By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2021

Councils should be put on the right financial footing to enable them to set council tax rates how...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

City leader says 'political bias in funding must end'

12 November 2021

A city council leader has hit out at ‘political bias’ in funding and said local areas should not ...

FINANCE

Can we have both levelling up and devo?

By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2021

Levelling up local government finance needs a more centralised system of funding, says Heather Ja...

HOUSING

We now need certainty on cash in the medium term

By Dan Bates | 09 November 2021

We've had the Spending Review, but for Dan Bates, having certainty in the medium-term is just as ...

PAY

We need a long term and strategic approach to funding

By Claire Kober | 09 November 2021

The Spending Review 'underlines the desperate need for Government to view local government as a c...

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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