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FINANCE
Districts squeezed out of new burdens cash
By Heather Jameson | 23 June 2021
District councils have been squeezed out of new burdens funding for housing victims of domestic a...
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
The truth is out there
16 June 2021
There are strange goings on out there.
DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK
Waste collection plans to cost £680m a year, councils warn
By Laura Sharman | 11 June 2021
Government plans to standardise kerbside waste collections will cost £680m a year, district counc...
WASTE
DEFRA's simplistic proposals are as doomed to fail
By Cllr John Fuller OBE | 08 June 2021
The waste collection business is complicated, says chair of the District Councils' Network Cllr J...
FINANCE
Districts in plea for leisure centre funding
By Martin Ford | 08 June 2021
A crunch meeting on the future of leisure centres is to take place this week, The MJ understands.
WHITEHALL
Uproar at move towards 'national bin service'
By Dan Peters | 01 June 2021
Councils are preparing to fight government plans to create what they fear will be a ‘national bin...
LEISURE
Let's not lose our leisure centres
By David Chefneux | 26 May 2021
The District Councils’ Network has urged the Government to offer a lifeline to leisure centres o...
LEISURE
Central Government must 'sign off a National Leisure Recovery Fund #2'
By Mark Sesnan | 24 May 2021
There appears to be a clear disconnect between central Government’s public commitments to tacklin...
HEALTH
More than 100 leisure centres could go bust, DCN warns
By Dan Peters | 13 May 2021
More than 100 leisure centres in England could go bust due to the coronavirus crisis, district co...
PLANNING
Call to scrap 'arbitrary' New Homes Bonus
By Martin Ford | 05 May 2021
A county council has called for the New Homes Bonus to be dropped altogether in a withering respo...
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This is an exciting time to join the Kirklees Council Development Management team. Apply for this job
Resource Manager
Grade 12 35 hours, Permanent
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Apply for this job
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
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