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SIGOMA

Fair Funding Review is a golden opportunity to fix finance system

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 16 December 2024

Council tax equalisation – a ‘reset’ in the system - would offset a decade of mismatched funding ...

FINANCE

Sector call for council tax review

By Dan Peters | 13 December 2024

Local government has called for a ‘fundamental review of council tax’ in a long-awaited report.

SCOTLAND

'Record' funding settlement for Scottish councils

By Dan Peters | 13 December 2024

Scottish councils are expected to share a ‘record’ funding settlement of more than £15bn, provisi...

FINANCE

4.3% boost for Welsh councils

By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024

Councils will receive £6.1bn from the Welsh Government to spend on delivering key services, incre...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

CIPFA calls for social care reform

By Martin Ford | 12 December 2024

A call has been made to the Government to end a ‘vicious cycle’ in social care causing pressure t...

POLICY

Government distances itself from controversial Demos report

By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024

Whitehall officials have distanced themselves from a controversial report that proposed stripping...

LONDON COUNCILS

London Councils lobbies for share of GB Energy cash

By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024

London Councils is lobbying for millions of pounds from the Government agency being created to pu...

REORGANISATION

One for all and all for one

By Cllr Martin Tett | 11 December 2024

The path to becoming a unitary authority is beset by many challenges, but five years on, Cllr Ma...

FINANCE

Transformation has to be about long-term financial thinking

By Adele Taylor | 11 December 2024

Transformation has to be about an organisation rethinking how it operates, how it works with its ...

FINANCE

Reeves reforms could lead to higher returns, Welsh pension funds say

By Emily Twinch | 11 December 2024

A collaboration of eight local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds in Wales has said making ce...

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Chief Executive

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Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Road Safety & Parking Manager

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Wakefield Council

Finance Manager - Financial Systems and Control

£51,356 - £52,413

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Westmorland and Furness Council

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

Road Safety & Parking Manager

£55,579 to £57,770, Grade 13

To manage the parking and road safety teams to provide a comprehensive, efficient and effective service within Highways & Transportation. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Finance Manager - Financial Systems and Control

£51,356 - £52,413

Are you an experienced finance professional with a passion for systems improvement and strategic impact? Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council