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FINANCE
Cash flow warning over council tax change
By Joe Lepper | 15 September 2025
Plans to switch council tax billing from 10 to 12-month instalments could leave local authorities...
FINANCE
Fair Funding 2.0 next steps: Turning promises into action for deprived communities
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 08 September 2025
Full council tax equalisation and the use of deprivation indices mark a critical shift toward nee...
FINANCE
A taxing dilemma
By Paul Marinko | 27 August 2025
Councils calling for council tax reform should be careful what they wish for, writes Paul Marinko
FINANCE
Calls for fair funding tax flexibility
By Martin Ford | 22 August 2025
The Government has been urged to lift the council tax referendum limit to help local authorities ...
FINANCE
CCN: Residents to face maximum council tax rises
By Izzy Lepone | 20 August 2025
Residents of county and rural regions will face ‘maximum council tax rises’ under the Government’...
FINANCE
Shifting the presssure
By Martin Ford | 07 August 2025
With consultation set to close on the fair funding review, Martin Ford looks at the challenges fa...
FAIR FUNDING
Fears fair funding could trigger section 114 notices
By Martin Ford | 07 August 2025
Fears councils may be forced into issuing section 114 notices by the fair funding review have bee...
REORGANISATION
Reform council asks officers to look at single Kent unitary
By Dan Peters | 29 July 2025
Kent CC’s Reform UK leader has asked officers to draw up a detailed options appraisal for a singl...
FINANCE
Fair Funding Review 2.0: Transitional arrangements will be critical
By Tracy Bingham | 29 July 2025
Some councils may have reserves to support fair funding transition, but this is not sustainable l...
FINANCE
Let the electorate decide what they are willing to pay for
By Heather Jameson | 24 July 2025
'Fiscal devolution – particularly for council tax – has a lot going for it', says Heather Jameson.
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£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
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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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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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