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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Treasury civil servants considering how income tax devolution could work
By Dan Peters | 21 May 2024
Treasury officials are considering how the idea of devolving powers to local government to retain...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Tackling 'tumbleweed' towns
By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 21 May 2024
Baroness Sharon Taylor looks at how to negotiate the barriers facing councils aiming to revitalis...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Vicious cycle curbs prevention
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 21 May 2024
The significant variation across the country in the rates of children in care highlights the impo...
WHITEHALL
Lib Dems hit back at ex-minister Redwood
By Mark Conrad | 20 May 2024
Wokingham BC’s ruling Lib Dems have hit back at former local government minister Sir John Redwood...
WHITEHALL
LGA launches attack on DfT over traffic fine surplus plans
By Dominic Browne | 17 May 2024
Council leaders have hit back at the Department for Transport (DfT) over plans to restrict their ...
FINANCE
Will the lights go out locally?
17 May 2024
Max Mosley examines the perfect storm that destroyed local government finances and looks at what ...
FINANCE
LGA: Care Act hope has faded
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2024
Only around two thirds of councils are confident of being able to meet all their legal duties und...
WHITEHALL
Fresh local government cuts warning
14 May 2024
Government commitments mean real-terms cuts will have to be made to the Department for Levelling ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Tackling the challenge of Germany's far right
13 May 2024
Ed Turner examines Germany’s growing far right in local and regional government, the factors that...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
New extremes
By Mike Bennett | 13 May 2024
Mike Bennett reflects on Solace’s response to the 2006 challenge posed by the election of extrem...
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- Tackling Incivility: A leadership priority for local government
- Council workers offered 3.3% pay rise in 'full and final' deal
- Essex threatens legal action over reorganisation
- Final reorganisation decisions for four priority areas announced
- Bringing skills from the private sector into a council isn't simply a career shift
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
Assistant Director People Commissioning
£99,433 to £112,411
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
Strategic Director Environment
£159,862 to £167,495
Bradford is a district on the rise: ambitious, confident and determined to deliver lasting change. Apply for this job
- Tackling Incivility: A leadership priority for local government
- Council workers offered 3.3% pay rise in 'full and final' deal
- Essex threatens legal action over reorganisation
- Final reorganisation decisions for four priority areas announced
- Bringing skills from the private sector into a council isn't simply a career shift
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