ECONOMIC GROWTH

£10bn financial package revealed for Scots councils

10 February 2015

Scotland’s 32 local authorities will be given a total funding package worth more than £10.85bn in...

FINANCE

Services returning to Middlesbrough as Mouchel partnership gets revamp

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 February 2015

Middlesbrough BC is bringing a number of services back in-house from Mouchel, as it enters a ‘new...

FINANCE

LGA defends councils' £21bn reserve cash pile

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2015

Council chiefs have claimed the sector’s financial reserves totalling £21.4bn are all that stands...

FINANCE

Access all areas

By Graham Cadle | 03 February 2015

Graham Cadle explains how groundbreaking examples of best practice at Croydon LBC are inspiring o...

WHITEHALL

Best laid schemes

By Jonathan Werran | 26 January 2015

Last week the Government laid out the draft Scotland Bill promising greater control of tax and sp...

FINANCE

Hopkins backs data-sharing report

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 January 2015

Local government minister Kris Hopkins has backed a new report, which claims councils could save ...

FINANCE

Councils forced to consider self-funding

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015

Councils are being forced to think seriously about becoming self-funding as they plan their finan...

COUNCIL TAX

White Van Man on . . . dropping oil prices

20 January 2015

Funny how despite the price of oil dropping through the floor and everyone saying inflation is zi...

FINANCE

'Don't write off poll tax debts' authorities warned

By MJ reporter | 20 January 2015

Local authority chiefs have warned that Scottish Government plans to write-off ‘poll tax’ debts c...

FINANCE

Kingston in secret talks for fiscal freedom

By Heather Jameson | 19 January 2015

Kingston upon Thames LBC has been in secret talks with the Government to be the first flagship au...

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Head of Community Cohesion

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Brighton & Hove City Council

Principal Planning Officer

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