WHITEHALL

DCLG rates rethink leaves LEPs in limbo

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016

The Government could row back from plans to give business members on local enterprise partnership...

WHITEHALL

Councils upbeat about defeating trusts' demands for rates relief

By Sam Clayden | 06 December 2016

Councils are quietly confident of defeating NHS trusts’ claim for mandatory business rates relief...

FINANCE

Future Forum North: 'Devolution deals may not be for whole country'

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2016

Local Government Association chief executive Mark Lloyd has publicly accepted for the first time ...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: Call to 'grab attendance allowance'

02 December 2016

Several chief executives have called on local government to seize powers over attendance allowanc...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: 'Absolute prize' is fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2016

Liverpool City Council’s chief executive Ged Fitzgerald has urged his colleagues to remember the ...

WHITEHALL

The rates challenge

By Heather Jameson | 29 November 2016

The black hole facing upper-tier councils this week appeared to grow further after fresh figures ...

BUSINESS

English authorities' rate collections up by 3.7%

By Dan Peters | 29 November 2016

The amount English councils collected from business rates in 2015/16 increased by 3.7% or £804m o...

FINANCE

The quest for financial resilience

By Peter Moore | 29 November 2016

In the face of increasing uncertainty for council treasurers, Peter Moore stresses the importance...

FINANCE

Whiteman calls for London council map to be ripped up

By Dan Peters | 26 November 2016

London’s 33 councils should be abolished and replaced with as few as five New York-style boroughs...

FINANCE

Autumn Statement: Increased infrastructure investment from 2020

By Chris Ames | 23 November 2016

Philip Hammond will borrow to provide £23bn of ‘highly targeted’ funding for innovation over five...

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Chief Executive

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Barnet London Borough Council

Head of Housing, Revenues and Customer Services

Salary Package up to £79,448

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