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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
The secret is out
30 January 2019
Pop star Alanis Morissette once infamously listed a number of examples of irony in a song that, i...
BUSINESS
EXCLUSIVE: LGA hit by unexpected £1m insurance bill
By Chris Mahony | 30 January 2019
Smith Square faces an unexpected bill of up to £1m to cover the start-up costs of the insurance v...
FINANCE
Council at crucial crossroads
By Dan Peters | 30 January 2019
Copeland BC is at an ‘important cross-roads for its future’ as it faces an ‘extremely serious fin...
LEGAL
Call for power to ban councillors
By Heather Jameson | 30 January 2019
Council standards boards should have the power to ban councillors for up to six months without al...
COUNCIL TAX
Northamptonshire given permission for extra council tax increase
By Laura Sharman | 29 January 2019
Northamptonshire CC has been given the freedom to increase council tax by 2% more than other loca...
HOUSING
Doubt over New Homes Bonus payments
By Martin Ford | 29 January 2019
A minister has refused to guarantee that £500m of New Homes Bonus payments due to councils will b...
FINANCE
DCN chairman calls for end to 'public rows'
By Martin Ford | 29 January 2019
District councils have been warned against engaging in ‘bust ups in the press’ over the fair fund...
COUNCIL TAX
Cuts to council tax support have created 'sizeable' increase in arrears
By Laura Sharman | 29 January 2019
Cuts to council tax support (CTS) have led to a surge in unpaid bills, new research from the Inst...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Ministers accused of 'irrational policy-making'
By Chris Mahony | 29 January 2019
Ministers have been accused of irrational policy-making by funding prevention in the NHS while fo...
WHITEHALL
MHCLG finds extra £20m for Brexit
By Dan Peters | 28 January 2019
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has found an extra £20m to help...
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
Joint Assistant Director Commercial Investment
£93,097 - £100,255
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
Joint Assistant Director Place
£93,097 - £100,255
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
- Councils cutting services to pay for social care, think tank warns
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
Joint Assistant Director Commercial Investment
£93,097 - £100,255
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
Joint Assistant Director Place
£93,097 - £100,255
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
- Councils cutting services to pay for social care, think tank warns
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