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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
100% rates retention branded 'irrelevant'
By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016
Returning business rates to the sector is ‘irrelevant,’ two members of the Layfield Commission on...
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...
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 ...
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...
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
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...
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Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
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
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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