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CLIMATE CHANGE
Warwick to overhaul climate change plans
By Martin Ford | 22 February 2021
Warwick DC is to redraw its plans to tackle climate change after abandoning a green tax referendum.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Long-term funding for local government looks ominous
17 February 2021
In her first column for The MJ, and in her role as the incoming president of the Society of Count...
FINANCE
Budget should give more cash to councils, claims IFS
By Michael Burton | 16 February 2021
Next month’s Budget should allocate more funding for local government, health and education while...
BUSINESS RATES
NI councils handed powers to vary taxes
By Heather Jameson | 15 February 2021
New legislation at Stormont will allow councils in Northern Ireland to vary the rate of council t...
SOCIAL CARE
MPs attack 'broken' council funding
By Martin Ford | 11 February 2021
The Government has promised reform of the system of financing local authorities.
COUNCIL TAX
Looking at the long term impact of Scottish council tax freeze
By Joanne Pitt | 10 February 2021
In Scotland, the devolved government announced £90m to compensate councils that choose to freeze ...
BUSINESS RATES
Fixing the fiscal flaws
By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021
Last week saw the Treasury put a pause on business rates billing until after the Budget. But the ...
BUSINESS RATES
Local government settlement shows Government is not in listening mode
By Ian Miller | 09 February 2021
It is clear from the final local government settlement that the Government did not pay attention ...
BUSINESS RATES
There is no better time to sort out funding
By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021
Heather Jameson says it will take a wholesale rethink of local government funding – and a social ...
FINANCE
Councils face £1.3bn shortfall on council tax, says IFS
By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2021
Councils face a £1.3bn shortfall in the council tax they were expecting for 2020/21, finance thin...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Associate Director for Financial Management (Deputy Section 151 Officer)
£108,015 - £118,000 pa
Operational leadership that turns strategy into reality. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Hampshire and Portsmouth to challenge local government reorganisation
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
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