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FINANCE

Budget should give more cash to councils, claims IFS

By Michael Burton | 16 February 2021

Next month’s Budget should allocate more funding for local government, health and education while...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Think-tank launches levelling up Big Bang theory

By Michael Burton | 15 February 2021

The Government should launch a Northern Big Bang to ‘unleash a torrent of investment into the Nor...

FINANCE

Councils face £1.3bn shortfall on council tax, says IFS

By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2021

Councils face a £1.3bn shortfall in the council tax they were expecting for 2020/21, finance thin...

WHITEHALL

Treasury in property tax rethink

By Heather Jameson | 18 January 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is believed to be rethinking property taxes – including council tax and bu...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Public health cuts biggest in North East

By Laura Sharman | 09 December 2020

The Midlands and the North have suffered the biggest public health cuts in England, new analysis ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Ministers urged to turbo-charge levelling up agenda

07 December 2020

Ministers have been urged to turbo-charge their ‘levelling up’ agenda after latest figures show t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Remove 'adversarial' funding to level up regions

By Martin Ford | 17 November 2020

Removing competition from local authority funding is needed to level up the country, a think-tank...

WHITEHALL

Think-tank issues warning on Brexit readiness

By Heather Jameson | 03 November 2020

Local authorities and the devolved nations risk being overwhelmed by Brexit as they are trying to...

HEALTH

Government needs a plan to tackle public service backlog, says IfG

By Heather Jameson | 02 November 2020

The Government needs a plan to address backlogs in public services caused by the coronavirus cris...

BUSINESS RATES

Think tank proposes 10-point plan to reform business rates

By Laura Sharman | 29 October 2020

The valuation of business rates should be devolved to local government, under proposals published...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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This is an exciting time to be joining Hertfordshire County Council. Apply for this job

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