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WHITEHALL
'No council tax to fix social care gap'
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 February 2017
The Welsh Government has ruled out using council tax to help plug the devolved nation’s social ca...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Hodge denies pilot deal to drop tax referendum
By Sam Clayden | 14 February 2017
Surrey CC leader David Hodge has batted away claims his authority was offered a business rates pi...
WHITEHALL
Call for 'ability to pay' model
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 February 2017
Shadow local government minister Jim McMahon has called for a new model of council funding based ...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: 'It's make or break time' - annual finance survey
By Dan Peters | 08 February 2017
Results of the latest LGiU/The MJ annual finance survey lead to stark warnings on the fiscal futu...
FINANCE
Surrey CC scraps plans for 15% council tax referendum
By Sam Clayden | 06 February 2017
Surrey CC has scrapped plans to hold a referendum on whether to increase council tax by 15%.
FINANCE
Schemes pressure poorer families
By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017
Each new wave of council tax support schemes (CTS) has put a greater burden on low income familie...
FINANCE
Surrey is an example of why councils need fiscal freedoms
By Dr John Stanton | 30 January 2017
In the wake of Surrey CC's decision to hold a council tax referendum, Dr John Stanton argues givi...
FINANCE
Warning over future for care home providers
By Dan Peters | 25 January 2017
Councils have called for ‘urgent and genuinely new’ funding for social care amid fresh warnings t...
COUNCIL TAX
Ashford exits super district plan
By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2017
Councils in east Kent have published a business case for a super district but Ashford DC has quit...
COUNCIL TAX
Leaders risk referendums to do the right thing
By Heather Jameson | 24 January 2017
With the announcement of two referendums in the past week, this local election day is set to be m...
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Director of Law and Governance
up to £140,445 per annum
Leading with integrity. Governing with confidence. Delivering for Islington. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
c.£235,000
In April 2027, West Surrey Council will become one of England's largest new unitary authorities Apply for this job
Business Manager – Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership (KSCP)
£54,703 - £60,044
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
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