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FINANCE
Sunak to reveal £5bn for high streets
By Heather Jameson | 01 March 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected announce a further £5bn to rescue high streets in the Budget o...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Labour calls for council powers to intervene in high streets
By Martin Ford | 25 February 2021
Proposals for councils to take over empty shops and a ‘wholesale reform’ of business rates have b...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Councils walk away from business rates pools amid income fears
By Dan Peters | 17 February 2021
Four business rates pools have walked away from the opportunity amid major uncertainty about the ...
FINANCE
Business leader calls for appeals talks to restart
By Heather Jameson | 16 February 2021
Halting discussions on business rates appeals between the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and ratep...
BUSINESS RATES
NI councils handed powers to vary taxes
By Heather Jameson | 15 February 2021
New legislation at Stormont will allow councils in Northern Ireland to vary the rate of council t...
FINANCE
'Amazon tax' will make matters worse, says MP
11 February 2021
Adding an online sales tax to a broken business rates system will only make matters worse, a Cons...
FINANCE
Finance chiefs' rates warning
By Heather Jameson | 10 February 2021
Potential cuts to the rateable values of business properties in light of COVID could have a ‘cata...
BUSINESS RATES
Fixing the fiscal flaws
By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021
Last week saw the Treasury put a pause on business rates billing until after the Budget. But the ...
BUSINESS RATES
Local government settlement shows Government is not in listening mode
By Ian Miller | 09 February 2021
It is clear from the final local government settlement that the Government did not pay attention ...
BUSINESS RATES
There is no better time to sort out funding
By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021
Heather Jameson says it will take a wholesale rethink of local government funding – and a social ...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- Government rejects SEND power expansion for councils
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
Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Competitive
The strategic voice of finance at the heart of Dudley. Apply for this job
Director of Commissioning, Procurement & Contract Management
£99k - £103k
When you’re spending ten figures a year, you need to be way beyond just asking ‘how many, and how much? Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- The MJ crowns Local Authority of the Year
- 'Fiscal devolution to be more likely with Burnham as PM'
- Government rejects SEND power expansion for councils
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