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FINANCE
Breaking point?
By Dan Peters | 10 January 2017
LGA chairman urges ‘complete rethink’ of local government funding as councils grapple with growin...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Lord Porter chips in
10 January 2017
When the chips are down, Local Government Association chairman Gary Porter is not normally one to...
WHITEHALL
Councils resolute against NHS charity status claims
By Dan Peters | 10 January 2017
Councils are expected to stand firm as they hit back against NHS trusts’ latest arguments for why...
FINANCE
Lobbyists' threat to scrapping of business rate discount
By Dan Peters | 10 January 2017
Charity lobbyists stand in the way of scrapping the automatic business rates discount given to th...
FINANCE
DCLG admits blame for 'broken' appeals system
By Dan Peters | 05 January 2017
A senior civil servant has admitted his department is to blame for the ‘broken’ business rates ap...
FINANCE
Porter: Rates retention will end in tears
By Dan Peters | 05 January 2017
The move to 100% business rates retention will ‘end in tears,’ the chairman of the Local Governme...
FINANCE
LGA: Devolve 'outdated' growth funding system
By Sam Clayden | 03 January 2017
Council leaders have called for growth funding to be devolved amid concerns that the complex web ...
WHITEHALL
Improvement budget cut 'risks vital work'
By William Eichler | 03 January 2017
Whitehall risks undermining council-maintained schools by dramatically cutting their improvement ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Department for Education 'must intervene earlier' in failing child protection
By Laura Sharman | 16 December 2016
The Government has been accused by MPs of being too slow to improve child protection services.
WHITEHALL
Sector hits back at PM
By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016
Town hall leaders have hit back at government claims that councils may be partly responsible for ...
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- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
- Epping Forest ends legal fight over asylum hotel
- Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation
- Future Forum: Councils must put 'rules and tools' in place ahead of political change
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
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
- Epping Forest ends legal fight over asylum hotel
- Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation
- Future Forum: Councils must put 'rules and tools' in place ahead of political change
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