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BUSINESS RATES
Counting the hidden costs of COVID-19
By Chris Buss | 23 September 2020
There are a host of hidden costs from COVID-19 that will creep out of the woodwork over time to i...
FINANCE
Councils face £3bn COVID-19 funding gap
By Martin Ford | 22 September 2020
Financial pressures within local government will outstrip additional funding by around £3.1bn thi...
COUNCIL TAX
Why councils should support the expansion of Fair for You
By Damon Gibbons | 22 September 2020
As part of their plans to reshape financial support for residents, councils should enter into fo...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Staring into the jobs abyss
By Ann McGauran | 22 September 2020
With the furlough scheme due to finish at the end of next month, can local government support COV...
COUNCIL TAX
What's the recovery position?
By Martin Ford | 27 July 2020
The chancellor has opened the door to a less generous funding settlement for public services, but...
BUSINESS RATES
It's time for a serious, adult conversation on future funding
14 July 2020
While the Government is right to caution against councils overexposing themselves on commercial i...
FINANCE
Think tank calls for sweeping reforms to local taxes
06 July 2020
A group of former Treasury special advisers have called for revaluation of the council tax and re...
WHITEHALL
Jenrick announces more cash, income compensation and tax delay
By Dan Peters | 02 July 2020
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced more cash and new ways councils will be r...
SOCIAL CARE
Counties could be forced to issue Section 114 notices this year
By Tom Foster | 22 June 2020
If predictions in Grant Thornton's report on county finances fall anywhere close to the actual fi...
FINANCE
Thurrock braced for coronavirus costs
By Martin Ford | 04 June 2020
Thurrock BC is expecting financial pressures next year to further increase, as it struggles to ba...
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Director of Social Work and Social Care
£100,731 to £104,625
You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job
Housing Ombudsman
£130,095 per annum, negotiable based on experience.
The Housing Ombudsman Service allows colleagues to choose if they wish to work in the London office, from home or a hybrid of the two Apply for this job
HR Change Lead
Band I SCP 44-47 (£55,609 - £59,027 per annum)
Eager to help us write the next chapter in Sandwell’s story of transformation? Apply for this job
- Report calls for slashing of London boroughs
- Peers move to limit ministerial powers over elections
- District councils propose council tax freeze
- London needs fewer councils as part of a broader governance reset in the capital
- Political convenience is no justification for unconstitutional local election tinkering
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