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BUSINESS

Council to launch own housing firm

By Jamie Hailstone | 22 March 2016

Oxford City Council is to launch its own company to tackle a shortage of housing.

HEALTH

Combined authority seeks private cash to fund capital costs

By Jamie Hailstone | 22 March 2016

The Greater Manchester combined authority is looking to attract private cash to help fund the cap...

WHITEHALL

Ethical trading disputes could land authorities with hefty costs

By Sam Clayden | 22 March 2016

Councils facing legal disputes over decisions to cease trading and investment with countries on e...

WHITEHALL

Corridors of power: Budget 2016

22 March 2016

The Chancellor, George Os-brown, is having a bad dream in which he has to come back to the House...

FINANCE

COSLA calls for new relationship

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 March 2016

Scottish council bosses have called for the relationship between local and central government nor...

WHITEHALL

Engagement and accountability key

By Mark Sandford | 17 March 2016

Senior research analyst at the House of Commons Library, Mark Sandford, looks at the unexpected i...

FINANCE

Deal or no deal

By Jonathan Carr-West | 16 March 2016

George Osborne presented this Budget as another step towards his ‘devolution revolution’ but chie...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Weak link between localism and economic growth

By Dr Paul Greenhalgh | 16 March 2016

When business rate retention was first introduced in 2013 it had two underlying policy objectives...

FINANCE

Reforms will not make council tax proportionate

By Dan Peters | 16 March 2016

The Scottish Government’s proposals for council tax reform ‘fall short’ of making it a proportion...

WHITEHALL

Housing is a local issue – not a national one

By Heather Jameson | 15 March 2016

As the Housing and Planning Bill makes its way through Parliament it seems to be getting increasi...

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Chief Executive

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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

Service Manager – Commercial Development

Up to £57,800 plus relocation package up to £8,000

We have two exciting opportunities to join our forward-thinking team. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council