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BUSINESS

Businesses should decide how much they pay in business rates

By Sam Clayden | 06 November 2015

Council leaders have insisted businesses should be able to decide how much they pay in business r...

FINANCE

Financial fear for councils after reserves revelations

By Sam Clayden | 03 November 2015

Several councils are being forced to use their general reserves as a knee-jerk reaction to fundin...

WHITEHALL

DOL applications tally falls as new system is mooted

03 November 2015

The number of applications for a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DOLs) received by local author...

WHITEHALL

Housing Bill 'a threat to local decision-making'

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 November 2015

A former local government minister has described the Housing and Planning Bill as one of the most...

FINANCE

'Transparency' exposes higher management fees

03 November 2015

The rise in local government pension scheme (LGPS) management fees is mainly the result of greate...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

PM throws down the adoption gauntlet

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 November 2015

David Cameron has challenged councils to double the number of children being placed with families...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

A tenant conundrum

By Paul Wheeler | 30 October 2015

Paul Wheeler explains how councils need to be supporting local tenants

FINANCE

'Grab reforms with both hands' says Sir Merrick

30 October 2015

The former chairman of the Local Government Association has called on the sector’s pension funds ...

FINANCE

New care partnerships to be launched

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 October 2015

Councils and NHS trusts will create a series of partnerships to help people with learning disabil...

FINANCE

LGA told to provide greater transparency

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2015

All councils should have a peer challenge, publish the reports and produce action plans, minister...

frederica-diamanta

Director of Social Work and Social Care

£100,731 to £104,625

You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job

Trafford Council

Housing Ombudsman

£130,095 per annum, negotiable based on experience.

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Housing Ombudsman Service

Principal Lawyer - Planning and Highways

£51,356 to £56,494 + £3000 Market Rate Supplement

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Kirklees Metropolitan Council

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Social Work and Social Care

£100,731 to £104,625

You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job

Trafford Council

Housing Ombudsman

£130,095 per annum, negotiable based on experience.

The Housing Ombudsman Service allows colleagues to choose if they wish to work in the London office, from home or a hybrid of the two Apply for this job

Housing Ombudsman Service

Principal Lawyer - Planning and Highways

£51,356 to £56,494 + £3000 Market Rate Supplement

Do you want to make a difference to local people? Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

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