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FINANCE
LGA cuts warning over accounting rule change
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2025
English councils have warned they may have to make ‘unnecessary cuts’ if the Government pushes ah...
FINANCE
Edinburgh tourism tax could be starting point for fiscal devolution, experts suggest
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2025
The approach to a tourism tax being taken forward in Scottish and Welsh cities could be a startin...
FINANCE
Local authorities ask for permission to raise council tax above referendum threshold
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2025
More councils have pleaded with ministers to increase their council tax above the 5% referendum l...
FINANCE
Ministers urged to reconsider pace of pensions reform
16 January 2025
Ministers have been urged to ‘seriously reconsider’ the fast pace of their reform to the Local Go...
FINANCE
Lessons from literature
By Tracie Langley | 15 January 2025
Classic novels' warnings of the abuse of money and power are as relevant now as when they were fi...
PLACE-MAKING
In need of a place lift
By Stephen Taylor | 15 January 2025
Stephen Taylor says there is no need to wait for the English Devolution Bill to trundle through b...
REORGANISATION
New year of everything, everywhere, all at once
By Heather Jameson | 15 January 2025
'If the Labour Government is successful in its plans to scrap two-tier local government during it...
FINANCE
Chiefs expecting pressure to spend ahead of reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 14 January 2025
Council chiefs expect to come under intense pressure from leaders to sanction questionable spendi...
FINANCE
National Insurance compensation is 'total shambles'
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2025
The Government’s handling of compensating councils for the increase in employers’ National Insura...
PRIVATE SECTOR
Jones: Private sector to examine Whitehall efficiency
13 January 2025
Private sector ‘experts’ could be drafted into the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Gov...
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- Ministers back down on forced mayors in devolution Bill
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Senior Employment Lawyer
PO6 - £54,267 to £57,402
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- Ministers back down on forced mayors in devolution Bill
- Leeds City Council suffers huge fuel theft as Middle East conflict continues
- Cotton 'deal' would land Birmingham in the mire
- Devon reorganisation 'distracting' for region's emerging strategic authority, peers warn
- Reform council refuses to name recipient of £455k exit pay-out
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