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FINANCE
'Unfair' grant allocation fails to meet 'need' factor
By Dan Peters | 21 February 2017
The Government’s explanation for how it allocated £300m of transitional grant is ‘wafer thin,’ cr...
WHITEHALL
Javid ignores calls for more council funding
By Dan Peters | 21 February 2017
Whitehall has ignored local government’s calls for new council funding in 2017/18, leaving senior...
WHITEHALL
Call for IR35 delay
By Mark Conrad | 20 February 2017
Senior local government personnel have urged Whitehall to delay the introduction of strict new an...
FINANCE
LGA: Council tax rises will not stop deep cuts
By Mark Conrad | 20 February 2017
Council tax rises designed to tackle the social care funding crisis will not prevent deep cuts to...
WHITEHALL
Shapps wades into revaluation row
By Jamie Hailstone | 20 February 2017
A former local government minister has waded into the ongoing row over business rates revaluation.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
£40m for CSE not enough - councils
By William Eichler | 16 February 2017
Councils have warned a £40m package of Government measures to protect children and young people f...
BUSINESS
MPs say 'no' to rates levy spend for housing
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2017
MPs have rejected calls to allow the infrastructure levy to be spent on housing under 100% busine...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Hodge denies pilot deal to drop tax referendum
By Sam Clayden | 14 February 2017
Surrey CC leader David Hodge has batted away claims his authority was offered a business rates pi...
WHITEHALL
Nikileaks spills the beans
14 February 2017
Sometimes things happen in politics that are so absurd they don’t seem believable enough for fict...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Council to move parks to trust
By Jamie Hailstone | 13 February 2017
Newcastle City Council has announced plans to transfer the management of its parks to a charitabl...
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Head of Education
£87,117- £93,978
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Service Managers – Children's Social Care
£61,863 - £67,592
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Head of Commercial Services
£77,339 - £83,714
Few boroughs have a story quite like Trafford’s. Apply for this job
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