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WHITEHALL

Treasury in property tax rethink

By Heather Jameson | 18 January 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is believed to be rethinking property taxes – including council tax and bu...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Call for inquiry into COVID's 'devastating' impact on children

By Ann McGauran | 18 January 2021

A coalition of child health experts has called for a wide-ranging independent commission to exami...

FINANCE

Give districts full freedoms on precepts

18 January 2021

Why not remove precepts entirely for all local authorities and leave increases to be determined a...

FINANCE

Councils to feed children during half-term

By Martin Ford | 15 January 2021

Local authorities have been told to fund free meals to schoolchildren during half-term week next ...

FINANCE

Parks need funding and innovation during and after the pandemic

By Cllr Luthfur Rahman | 14 January 2021

Funding and innovation are required if parks are to serve local communities during COVID and beyo...

HOMELESSNESS

COVID-19 reveals scale of rough sleeping 'far exceeds' previous estimates

By William Eichler | 14 January 2021

The scale of the rough sleeping population in England ‘far exceeds’ the Government’s previous est...

FINANCE

Council warned not to overly rely on reserves

By Dan Peters | 14 January 2021

Auditors have warned Sutton LBC to be careful about relying too much on its reserves to offset cu...

WHITEHALL

MP launches Bill to scrap business rates

By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2021

Business rates should be abolished in a bid to save high street shops, an MP has claimed.

FINANCE

Our new beginning is here – let's not make a meal of it

By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2021

There are some major hurdles ahead, says Heather Jameson. 'Government’s quick fixes – to raise co...

FINANCE

Seeing the bigger picture

By Nick Clarke | 12 January 2021

Combining data in one place to build up a much fuller picture of what is happening within each ar...

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frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director, Education, Aspirations and Achievement

up to £105,680

Lead change. Raise aspirations. Shape futures. Apply for this job

Hartlepool Borough Council

Assistant Director, Children and Families

up to £105,680

Every child deserves the best possible start in life. Apply for this job

Hartlepool Borough Council

Director of Assets, Environment and Economy

Up to £109,000

At Nottinghamshire County Council, we’re more than an organisation, we’re a community, inside and out. Apply for this job

Nottinghamshire County Council

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