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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 ...

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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...

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Stormy waters ahead

By Mark Conrad | 08 January 2024

Mark Conrad talks to three major groups of councils about what the provisional finance settlement...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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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Finance watchdog launches Thurrock investigation

By Mark Conrad | 03 January 2024

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation into the conduct of an unname...

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Havering LBC 'on brink' of section 114 notice

By Mark Conrad | 22 December 2023

Havering LBC could become the first council to issue a section 114 notice in 2024, after its lead...

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Council looks at minimum service level to balance budget

By Mark Conrad | 20 December 2023

A struggling county council wants to determine its legal minimum service level across all service...

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Head of Early Years and Early Help

£90,126 - £98,319

Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton

Strategic Director of Finance Operations

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Strategic Director of Finance Strategy

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Early Years and Early Help

£90,126 - £98,319

Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job

London Borough of Merton

Strategic Director of Finance Operations

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

Strategic Director of Finance Strategy

£117,061 - £129,288

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

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