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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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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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