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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Prospect of transport battle between city region and county
By Dan Peters | 02 March 2016
Two districts have called for transport powers to be wrestled away from North Yorkshire CC if the...
WHITEHALL
'Stop the devolution chaos'
By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016
Greg Clark defends devolution strategy in The MJ interview – as Oxfordshire reorganisation propos...
REORGANISATION
Further expansion mooted in East Anglian devo plan
By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016
The mammoth East Anglian devolution deal looks to spread even wider with plans to expand into Ess...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Leaders fear 'losing functions' if they fail to generate income
By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2016
Local government leaders fear their organisations will be scrapped or lose functions if they fail...
FINANCE
Councils plan to charge extra council tax for second homes
By Jamie Hailstone | 01 March 2016
Councils in Wales have unveiled plans to start charging additional council tax for second homes.
HEALTH
White Van Man on . . . new healthy towns
01 March 2016
When I read that the NHS was going to help develop ten new ‘healthy’ towns I had to check it wasn...
HUMOUR
Getting their goat
01 March 2016
You might think Diary is kidding. But have you herd the one about the council that fired a flock ...
WHITEHALL
Cross-party resistance grows over housing policy
By Tom Bridge | 01 March 2016
Opposition is mounting over government plans for starter homes, as a poll reveals cross-party res...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Overhaul for corporate peer challenges
By Sam Clayden | 01 March 2016
The Local Government Association (LGA) has announced it will overhaul corporate peer challenges a...
FINANCE
Droning on
01 March 2016
Some might say it was only a matter of time before a local authority mooted replacing its elected...
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
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Executive Director of Finance
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
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