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COUNCIL TAX
Sunak doesn't accept the council tax system is broken
By Cllr Bill Revans | 16 February 2024
Without the additional £17m a year Somerset Council could have generated through council tax the ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A call for prioritising local economic growth
By Nigel Wilcock | 14 February 2024
In the case of councils in financial distress income-generation through a commitment to economic ...
COUNCIL TAX
Reform council tax to level up
By Henri Murison | 13 February 2024
Henri Murison says the archaic council tax system has to change – and work should begin immediate...
FINANCE
Audit 'backstops' could become permanent
By Martin Ford | 06 February 2024
‘Backstop’ dates designed to reset the local audit system could become a ‘permanent feature,’ the...
FINANCE
Local Government – no fat anymore
By Ian Fletcher | 06 February 2024
Only the 'bare bones' are left within local authorities and the property sector is already feelin...
FINANCE
MPs demand fundamental reform of council funding
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2024
The Government has been urged by a cross-party committee of MPs to address the ‘out-of-control fi...
WHITEHALL
MPs 'disturbed' by state of local audit
By Martin Ford | 30 January 2024
MPs have been left ‘disturbed’ by the state of the local government audit system, top officials h...
LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
Oflog chair recruitment to begin
By Martin Ford | 18 January 2024
Recruitment of a permanent chair for the Office for Local Government (Oflog) will begin later thi...
LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
MPs criticise 'glacial' progress of levelling up projects
By Martin Ford | 16 January 2024
Mandarins from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) faced the Public ...
SOCIAL CARE
Care bosses 'blindsided' by foreign dependents ban
By Mark Conrad | 20 December 2023
Social care bosses were ‘blindsided’ by ministers’ ban on international staff bringing dependents...
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Engineering Team Manager (Transportation)
£53,460 - £56,732
Premium jobLead the way. Shape Calderdale’s transport future. Apply for this job
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
Lead Technical Architect
£51,356 - £55,539 per annum
Are you ready to step into a pivotal leadership role where your vision will define the future of the council’s entire technology landscape? Apply for this job
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