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FINANCE
Piecemeal won't work
By Cllr David Sparks | 23 March 2015
Last week’s Budget contained some vital lobbying wins for local government, but the sector must k...
FINANCE
That's not the way to do it
By Rob Whiteman | 23 March 2015
Last week’s Budget contained too much pre-election Punch and Judy knockabout and too little long-...
FINANCE
OBR stats matter more than church roofs 'flim-flam'
By Michael Burton | 19 March 2015
So stripping away all the flim-flam and money for church roofs in the Budget what does it actuall...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Budget 2015: Call for more devolution after 'disappointing' deal
By Dan Peters | 18 March 2015
Local government leaders called for ‘greater levels of devolution’ after the West Yorkshire combi...
BUSINESS RATES
Time to start banging on the devolution door
By Heather Jameson | 18 March 2015
Budget day deals on business rates, combined authorities and cities show just how far local gover...
WHITEHALL
Budget 2015: Osborne promises journey from 'austerity to prosperity'
By Heather Jameson | 18 March 2015
In a Budget that promised ‘no gimmicks’ in the run up to the General Election, Chancellor George ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Budget 2015: Councils could keep full fruits of business rates growth
By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2015
Local authorities have provisional agreement to keep the full yield of additional business rates ...
WHITEHALL
Business rates pilots set to spearhead devolution drive
17 March 2015
Radical plans to overhaul business rates will include devolving up to 100% of the rates to pilot ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Leaving Las Vegas
By Tony Kirkham | 17 March 2015
Tony Kirkham reflects on reforming the business rates system through the prism of poker skills an...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
'Radical' business rates review launched
By Jonathan Werran | 16 March 2015
Ministers have today promised a ‘radical review’ of business rates could change how firms across ...
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£87,117- £93,978
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Service Managers – Children's Social Care
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Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Head of Commercial Services
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Few boroughs have a story quite like Trafford’s. Apply for this job
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