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WHITEHALL
Councils resisting call to use reserves
By Sam Clayden | 13 January 2016
A leading finance expert has attacked government suggestions that the four-year settlement means ...
WHITEHALL
Devo 'may fragment authorities' credit criteria'
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2016
Fiscal devolution could lead to a ‘fragmentation’ of local authority credit rating, lending crite...
FINANCE
Solution for the revolution
By David Phillips | 12 January 2016
Ongoing changes to the way councils in England are funded are genuinely revolutionary. They bring...
FINANCE
A new tax for a new era
By Paul Wheeler | 12 January 2016
Paul Wheeler calls on councils to work more closely with businesses to campaign for new taxes tha...
WHITEHALL
Council spending freezes 'prove system works'
By Heather Jameson | 11 January 2016
Issuing a freeze on council spending should not be a sign of failure for a local authority, accor...
WHITEHALL
DCLG has done 'no thinking' on rates retention details
By Sam Clayden | 08 January 2016
A prominent government finance figure has admitted the Department of Communities and Local Govern...
FINANCE
'Alarmed' Tory leader pens letter to Cameron
By Dan Peters | 08 January 2016
A Tory council leader has launched a blistering attack on the ‘poorly handled’ local government f...
FINANCE
Four-year settlement is 'pain today and jam tomorrow'
By Sam Clayden | 06 January 2016
A prominent council treasurer has insisted the ‘U’ shape of the four-year local government settle...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
District leaders rip into rates appeal proposals
By Sam Clayden | 05 January 2016
District council leaders have urged the Government to radically reduce the proposed three-year ti...
WHITEHALL
Rates retention scrutinised
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2015
The impact of 100% business rates retention on English council finances will be examined in a new...
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£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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