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FINANCE
Clarity will be crucial to reform
By Emmet Regan | 15 January 2024
As 2024 begins, Emmet Regan sets out a framework for any incoming government to consider when map...
FINANCE
40% of councils face 'financial failure'
By Ellie Ames | 15 January 2024
Two in five councils in England could see their reserves drop to less than 5% of their net revenu...
FINANCE
North Northants leader warns of 'robust action' to stem budget crisis
By Andrew Vaux | 12 January 2024
The leader of North Northamptonshire Council has banned all but essential spending in an urgent b...
FINANCE
Somerset in capitalisation request amid 'financial emergency'
By Martin Ford | 10 January 2024
Somerset Council is to seek a capitalisation direction and permission to raise council tax by up ...
FINANCE
Is this the end of innovation?
By Paul Marinko | 10 January 2024
Is there a tendency among council members to play it safe and avoid risks? Norse Group and The MJ...
FINANCE
Stormy waters ahead
By Mark Conrad | 08 January 2024
Mark Conrad talks to three major groups of councils about what the provisional finance settlement...
FINANCE
We need Government to recognise district councils could help them fix the system
By Gill Kneller | 08 January 2024
Hampshire CC's finances are having indirect impacts on East Hampshire DC and its most vulnerable ...
FINANCE
Oflog chair 'aware of the systemic pressures'
By Martin Ford | 05 January 2024
Chair of the Office for Local Government (Oflog), Lord Morse, has said he wants to ‘set the recor...
DEVOLUTION
Lord Morse: I do not blame all council failure on 'bad management'
By Lord Morse | 05 January 2024
A recent newspaper article portrayed him wrongly as arguing that any council financial failure co...
FINANCE
Nottingham commissioners would 'undermine senior officers'
By Martin Ford | 04 January 2024
Nottingham City Council has urged the Government not to send in commissioners to oversee the runn...
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- Labour Conference: McMahon will 'come back stronger' on LGR
- Labour Conference: Burnham's shift to universal care
- Gloucester City Council left without leader
- Downgrading councils who use illegal children's homes holds sector to 'unattainable standard'
- Neighbourhood health must tackle the inequalities on Whitehall's doorstep
Engineering Team Manager (Highways Assets)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £55,224 - £58,605 pa
You will be responsible for the Councils asset management system, and ensuring all data is valid and current. Apply for this job
Communities Locality Lead
£53,051 - £57,372 per annum
We’re looking for an inspiring, community‑focused leader to join our Localities Service as the Communities team Locality Lead for Selby & Ainsty. Apply for this job
Director of Place
£125k plus Distant Islands Allowance
This is a key strategic role in supporting the economic success of our islands Apply for this job
- Labour Conference: McMahon will 'come back stronger' on LGR
- Labour Conference: Burnham's shift to universal care
- Gloucester City Council left without leader
- Downgrading councils who use illegal children's homes holds sector to 'unattainable standard'
- Neighbourhood health must tackle the inequalities on Whitehall's doorstep
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