FINANCE

A letter to the new PM

By Steve Leach | 11 June 2024

Steve Leach and Colin Copus write to the next Prime Minister with ideas for strengthening local g...

BUSINESS

Welsh editors in warning over council tax notice law

By Emily Twinch | 11 June 2024

Editors in Wales have issued a warning over the Welsh Government’s plans to stop council tax noti...

FINANCE

Hunt rules out 'expensive' council tax revaluation

By William Eichler | 06 June 2024

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has pledged that if elected a Conservative government would not undertake ...

PLANNING

Truths and consequences behind LURA

By Martin Ford | 20 May 2024

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act finally made it into the statute book, but a raft of big ti...

FINANCE

Wales pushes back council tax reform

By Martin Ford | 15 May 2024

Council tax reforms will not come into force until 2028, the Welsh Government has announced.

FINANCE

Election timetable means councils face race against time

By Mark Conrad | 03 May 2024

Councils’ next finance settlement may have to be announced before a Spending Review amid ‘extreme...

FINANCE

districtview

By Ian Miller | 30 April 2024

Perhaps the sector would benefit from clear KPIs for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and...

FINANCE

Scottish councils' debt is one-and-a-half times funding

By Ellie Ames | 08 April 2024

The debt of councils in Scotland is more than one-and-a-half times the latest local government fu...

COUNCIL TAX

Let's restart the housing debate

By Cllr Lorna Fielker | 03 April 2024

Key Cities’ manifesto details nine policy recommendations to help councils address the housing sh...

FINANCE

Local government: One sector ready for the challenge

By Tracy Bingham | 02 April 2024

While there’s still so much uncertainty around local government, it is positive to be thinking ah...

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frederica-diamanta

Service Director, Financial Management

£96,167 - £111,450

Premium jobHere at Gateshead Council, we believe that 'The strength of Gateshead is the people of Gateshead'. Apply for this job

Gateshead Council

Head of Regeneration

£80,229 - £83,448

The Council is seeking to recruit an experienced Head of Regeneration to join our dynamic Regeneration and Economic Development Service Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Project Manager

£50,574 - £53,607

We want to become a more strategic, efficient and adaptive organisation, to deliver for our communities. Apply for this job

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