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FINANCE
Remove the ring fences
By Tony Kirkham | 13 October 2020
Councils are prevented from focusing on key priorities due to ringfences or restrictions on thing...
FINANCE
Manchester predicts £136m budget gap
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2020
The city council is braced to take a hit to its income from its airport investments in 2021/22.
FINANCE
Croydon leader resigns amid financial turmoil
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2020
The leader of Croydon LBC has stood down as the council prepares a bid to the Government to stave...
FINANCE
Budget cancellation 'unacceptable'
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2020
The cancellation of the autumn Budget has created 'huge uncertainty,' the Scottish Government has...
WHITEHALL
IFS urges delay to cuts and tax rises
By Michael Burton | 13 October 2020
Spending cuts and tax rises to rebalance the public finances should be delayed until 2022 to allo...
HOUSING
Councils secure £10m to help homeless this winter
By Laura Sharman | 13 October 2020
Councils will receive a new £10m Cold Weather Fund to help rough sleepers stay safe this winter.
HEALTH
PM pledges extra £1bn for local government amid three-tier system
By Heather Jameson | 12 October 2020
Boris Johnson has announced a further £1bn in funding for local government as the country heads i...
FINANCE
PSAA questions Redmond recommendation
By Dan Peters | 12 October 2020
The sector-led body responsible for most auditor appointments in local government bodies has ques...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Seeing social care through a different lens
By Cllr David Fothergill | 12 October 2020
Social care is much more than elderly people and hospital discharges, says Cllr David Fothergill....
FINANCE
The Government cannot keep kicking the can down the road
By Ian Miller | 12 October 2020
Despite manifesto commitments, there will have to be tax rises to repay that massive debt, writes...
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Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- Councils cutting services to pay for social care, think tank warns
- EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
Joint Assistant Director Commercial Investment
£93,097 - £100,255
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
Joint Assistant Director Place
£93,097 - £100,255
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- Councils cutting services to pay for social care, think tank warns
- EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
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