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FINANCE

Budget 2017: Hammond announces £435m business rate package

By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2017

Local authorities will be able to access a £300m fund in order to ease business rate revaluation ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

The Great Wall of Croydon

08 March 2017

Diary got wind of an interesting development for local democracy at a public meeting in Croydon l...

FINANCE

A beastly amount of dosh

08 March 2017

What do the Krays, Emma Watson and Downton Abbey have in common?

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Miller's regal roar

08 March 2017

It will come as no surprise to The MJ readers that SOLACE president Jo Miller broke with protocol...

WHITEHALL

Corridors of Power meets White Van Man

08 March 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond has a dream in which he finds he’s turned into White Van Man ...

FINANCE

CIPFA seeks views on update of code

By Mark Conrad | 08 March 2017

A consultation has been launched on whether the prudential code should be extended to cover new m...

WHITEHALL

DWP must rebuild trust after housing benefit referrals drop

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is hoping to restore confidence in its efforts to tack...

FINANCE

Council's 'dire finances' under scrutiny by MPs

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

A council has denied it is being run ‘incompetently’ after its MP flagged up the state of its fin...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Government commits to review councils' refugee capacity

By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2017

The Government has committed to publishing ‘regular updates’ on the number of child refugees rese...

FINANCE

Give our councils control over the health service

By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2017

Control of the health service should be wrestled from the NHS and handed to local government to i...

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Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development

Up to £111,000

You will be responsible for overseeing area based regeneration programmes. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Executive Director, Home and Communities

£160-200k p.a.

At Camden, we don’t just deliver services — we work alongside communities to challenge injustice and drive real social change. Apply for this job

Camden London Borough Council

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

Up to £128,000

As we respond to a complex and fast-changing financial environment. Apply for this job

Lewisham London Borough Council