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FINANCE
Stand united and speak with one voice for public services
By Heather Jameson | 24 January 2018
Voices in local government are not being raised in union, and this needs to change, writes Heathe...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Government knew provisional settlement was wrong
By Dan Peters | 23 January 2018
Whitehall officials rushed out the provisional local government finance settlement days before Ch...
WHITEHALL
Councils battle new accounting rules
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2018
Councils are battling to persuade the Government to override new rules that will have an 'uninten...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Finance settlement 'shambles' after provisional data wrong
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2018
The local government finance settlement has descended into a shambles after it emerged allocation...
PLANNING
Councils call for permitted development rules to be scrapped
By Laura Sharman | 18 January 2018
Nearly one in 10 homes built over the last two years was converted from an office, new analysis h...
WHITEHALL
Inspector arrives amid reorganisation pressure
By Mark Conrad | 16 January 2018
An independent inspector today began investigating Northamptonshire CC’s precarious finances amid...
COUNCIL TAX
Local authorities left with 'no choice' but to increase council tax
By Laura Sharman | 15 January 2018
The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted its members have been left with 'no choice' b...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Child referred to social care every 49 seconds, figures reveal
By Laura Sharman | 12 January 2018
Referrals to council children's services reached 646,120 last year, according to new figures from...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
100% retention pilots 'misleading'
By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2018
Smith Square’s top officials have labelled the 100% business rate pilots ‘misleading’ for failing...
FINANCE
Fair funding: LGA unable to unify warring factions
By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2018
Treasurers predict the fair funding review will be ‘disastrous’ for the sector as Smith Square fe...
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Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
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