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FINANCE

Bucket list for fixing council finances

By Martin Reeves | 08 April 2021

Co-designing a truly sustainable finance system for councils for the long-term ‘won’t be quick an...

BUSINESS RATES

Let's see what happens on longer-term funding

By Lorna Baxter | 31 March 2021

Lorna Baxter gave evidence at the Public Accounts Committee in response to the NAO report on loca...

FINANCE

Short-term funding has held back care, says watchdog

By Michael Burton | 25 March 2021

Short-term funding has held back investment in the unstable £16.5bn adult social care market desp...

FINANCE

The White Paper recognises coterminosity makes a strategic difference

By Abdool Kara | 23 March 2021

Abdool Kara asks if the lessons of Lansley will be learned, 'especially the making-redundant-the...

FINANCE

Marsham Street told to improve transparency

By Martin Ford | 19 March 2021

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has come under fire from financ...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Watchdog warns of post-pandemic underfunding crisis

By Michael Burton | 16 March 2021

Local government has been praised by the national finance watchdog for its response to the pandem...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Fewer than half of local audits done by deadline, watchdog finds

By Ann McGauran | 16 March 2021

Fewer than half of local public bodies’ 2019-20 audits were completed by last November, despite a...

FINANCE

Councils left seriously underfunded, NAO finds

By Michael Burton | 08 March 2021

Coronavirus has left local authorities seriously underfunded and facing budget cuts unless the Go...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Levelling up risks becoming less than the sum of its parts

By Zoe Billingham | 08 March 2021

There is always political appetite for short-term infrastructure projects, but we need transparen...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Pressure mounts on Jenrick over audit

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2021

Whitehall officials are putting communities secretary Robert Jenrick under pressure to change cou...

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Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

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Newcastle City Council

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Ashfield District Council