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ECONOMIC GROWTH
North disproportionately hit by housing cutbacks - research
By Martin Ford | 19 February 2020
Increased funding and investment in planning skills are required to reverse disproportionate cuts...
DEVOLUTION
Will devo be lost in translation?
By Kathy O’Leary | 19 February 2020
What next for districts and devolution, asks Kathy O'Leary. Are there lessons we can learn from J...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils call for say in devo White Paper
By Dan Peters | 18 February 2020
Councils are battling to ‘jointly craft’ the devolution White Paper ahead of its publication late...
WHITEHALL
Northern Powerhouse 'downgrade' in reshuffle
By Martin Ford | 18 February 2020
The Government has been accused of ‘downgrading’ the Northern Powerhouse in Prime Minister Boris ...
WHITEHALL
Sharing of powers is not devolution
By Ian Miller | 12 February 2020
District councils need a broader range of fiscal devolution, starting with the taxes, fees and ch...
WHITEHALL
Ministers urged to embrace ambitious devolution agenda
By Paul Marinko | 10 February 2020
The UK’s biggest cities have urged ministers to embrace an ambitious devolution agenda and not ‘m...
DEVOLUTION
DCN chairman declares 'our time has come'
By Martin Ford | 07 February 2020
District authorities will have a key role to play in the implementation of the Government’s devol...
BUSINESS RATES
Rates repatriation revolt collapses
By Dan Peters | 06 February 2020
An attempt to repatriate the setting of business rates to Scottish councils has collapsed.
DEVOLUTION
LGA chair's concerns over Cumbria reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 06 February 2020
Doubts have been expressed over the proposed reorganisation of local government in Cumbria.
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
Sizing up the efficiency problem
By Abdool Kara | 05 February 2020
If delivering efficiency is a driver for local government there are reasons to believe there may ...
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Engineering Team Manager (Operational Maintenance)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £53,460 - £56,732 per annum
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This is a rare and career-defining opportunity to shape the future of public health Apply for this job
- Former local government minister Phil Woolas dies
- Wirral management overhaul to create executive director roles
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- LGA to recruit interim chief
- Whitehall thinks its expenditure should be subject to less scrutiny than the local state
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