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DEVOLUTION
Community-led skills devo should be the way forward
By Charlotte Morgan | 02 December 2020
A more comprehensive and community-led approach to devolution would enable skills strategies and ...
BUSINESS RATES
A mixed bag for councils
By Bob Neill | 02 December 2020
While Sir Bob Neill says there was much in the Spending Review to applaud, ‘what’s ultimately nee...
COUNCIL TAX
The devolution waiting game
By Ian Miller | 01 December 2020
The Prime Minister has said that ‘devolution…should be used as a step to pass power to local comm...
WHITEHALL
Tory mayor claims Whitehall blocking devolution
By Martin Ford | 01 December 2020
One of the biggest challenges to devolution comes from civil servants, the Mayor of Cambridgeshir...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Spending review: The chancellor has made some big promises – can he deliver?
By Luke Raikes | 01 December 2020
The chancellor’s ambition is laudable, says research director of the Fabian Society Luke Raikes, ...
DEVOLUTION
Recovery plans key to levelling up
By Martin Ford | 26 November 2020
Government ambitions for levelling up depend on councils being given funds to fulfil local recove...
PAY
Warm words mean nothing when frontline staff are snubbed
By Heather Jameson | 25 November 2020
Heather Jameson says: 'The Prime Minister’s speech to Scottish Conservatives at the weekend, reit...
DEVOLUTION
Devo is a 'stepping stone to localism', PM tells Scots Tories
By Heather Jameson | 23 November 2020
Devolution should be a stepping stone to passing power down to local communities and businesses, ...
FINANCE
Sunak to re-write Green Book to level up the North
By Heather Jameson | 23 November 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce plans to re-write the Green Book in the spending r...
WHITEHALL
LGA presses to move powers out of London
By Martin Ford | 19 November 2020
Moving powers from the capital to the regions is more important than moving civil servants, the c...
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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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