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PLANNING
Councils promised tax overhaul
By Martin Ford | 23 November 2021
Reform of council tax, including devolved powers for local authorities, are among the plans in a ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Will funding land next month to help levelling up?
By Paul O’Brien | 17 November 2021
Councils will await with interest December’s annual financial settlement to see where funding lan...
COUNCIL TAX
Authorities under pressure
By Ann McGauran | 17 November 2021
Fears about councils’ financial sustainability remain in the wake of the Spending Review, includi...
FINANCE
LGA chair: Councils should have the freedom to set rates
By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2021
Councils should be put on the right financial footing to enable them to set council tax rates how...
FINANCE
Can we have both levelling up and devo?
By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2021
Levelling up local government finance needs a more centralised system of funding, says Heather Ja...
PAY
We need a long term and strategic approach to funding
By Claire Kober | 09 November 2021
The Spending Review 'underlines the desperate need for Government to view local government as a c...
COUNCIL TAX
Local government must be at the heart of proposals for levelling up
By Simon Edwards | 09 November 2021
The CCN, along with the Local Government Association and others, worked tirelessly to make the ca...
FINANCE
Doubt over future of 75% rates retention under Gove
By Paul Marinko | 09 November 2021
New local government secretary Michael Gove has indicated that 75% business rates retention could...
SOCIAL CARE
It looks likely that councils will continue to live on the thin gruel
By Ben Page | 02 November 2021
Councils are expected to be allowed to increase bills by 2.8% per year, says Ben Page. 'The bad n...
COUNCIL TAX
There are more questions now than before the Budget
By Adele Taylor | 02 November 2021
The more challenging aspect of the Budget's announcements is the vacuum of definitive information...
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Head of Early Years and Early Help
£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
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
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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