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FINANCE

Budget 2017: Funding for new wave of free schools

By Laura Sharman | 08 March 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond has today confirmed a £320m funding package to build 110 new free schools.

LONDON COUNCILS

Budget 2017: Capital handed new devolution powers

By William Eichler | 08 March 2017

The Budget has boosted devolution to the capital with new powers handed down to London.

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

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...

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

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...

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Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

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Basildon Borough Council

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Together, we lead. Together, we deliver. Together, we transform. Apply for this job

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