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WHITEHALL
Hillingdon in dramatic BCF snub
By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014
A rebel council has refused to submit a Better Care Fund (BCF) plan amid widespread dissatisfacti...
BUSINESS
Squeeze on audit timetable risks strain on councils and auditors
By Dan Peters | 28 October 2014
Concerned councils fear their finance functions will be put under further strain by plans to sque...
FINANCE
Situations vacant
By Jonathan Werran | 28 October 2014
With an impeccable sense of timing for the half-term holidays, spending watchdogs the National Au...
BUSINESS
Pickles to block supermarket tax
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 October 2014
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has announced he will not support extra business rates on supe...
DCLG
Councils failed to detect rise in non-benefit fraud
By MJ reporter | 21 October 2014
Some 39 councils, among them 35 districts, failed to detect a single instance of non-benefit frau...
DCLG
Districts' devolution direction
By Sandra Dinneen | 20 October 2014
Devolution should be about place and make sense for communities and not be a tool to re-ignite a ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Boroughs bid for CA status
By Heather Jameson | 15 October 2014
London boroughs should be allowed to create combined authorities as part of the push towards devo...
DCLG
Keep the door open on the road to devolution
By Heather Jameson | 15 October 2014
It is less than a month ago that the Scots voted on independence, the poll which kicked off the d...
PLANNING
Pickles blamed for council's decision to scrap wind farms
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 October 2014
Peterborough City Council has blamed communities secretary Eric Pickles’ decision to call in appl...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Overcoming obstacles
By James Hawkins | 13 October 2014
Up to 10,000 local authority self-build schemes are envisaged under the new Right to Build progra...
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Join us for a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK’s newest and most ambitious councils Apply for this job
Finance Development Accountant
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Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
LGR Programme Director
Up to £120k
This is a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government in Worcestershire. Apply for this job
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