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EXCLUSIVE: Survey reveals spending control plans

By Dan Peters | 01 September 2020

A dozen metropolitan councils have been forced to impose spending controls or plan to do so, surv...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

Where do we go from here to 'level up' this country?

By Dr Arianna Giovannini | 09 June 2020

The survival of the local state might be at stake, but this ‘failing’ is not of its own making, s...

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Our first responsibility is to be a good ancestor

By Tony Kirkham | 20 May 2020

We need to stand shoulder to shoulder with Government and trust that the original commitment to e...

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EXCLUSIVE: Lincoln and Stevenage latest to make Section 114 warning

By Dan Peters | 15 May 2020

Lincoln City Council and Stevenage BC have become the latest local authorities to warn ministers ...

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Fair redistribution must play a continuing part in council funding

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 18 December 2019

SIGOMA chair Sir Stephen Houghton trusts ministers will ‘recognise the key role that councils mus...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

Right to buy hinders housing, claims Houghton

By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2019

Right to buy is ‘the biggest thing that gets in the way’ of council housebuilding and the policy ...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

'We are arguing about a system that's just flawed'

By Ann McGauran | 27 November 2019

Sir Steve Houghton talks to Ann McGauran about the funding challenges faced by metropolitan distr...

WHITEHALL

Jenrick: Spending Round puts sector on 'more sustainable footing'

By Dan Peters | 10 September 2019

The Spending Round has put local government on a ‘far stronger and more sustainable footing for t...

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Short-term funding does not make for long-term solutions

By Stephen Houghton | 09 September 2019

The chancellor's Spending Round may have brought some respite for local authorities, but there is...

WHITEHALL

Cash to be held back from LEPs unless stalemate broken

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2019

Boris Johnson’s new ministers will be tasked with ending the stalemate on overlapping local enter...

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Deputy Social Care Manager

£52,413 - £54,495 per annum

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Gloucestershire County Council

Assistant Director of Culture, Growth and Infrastructure

£86,537 – £95,898 plus benefits and relocation support

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