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COUNCIL TAX
Welsh and Scots governments told to 'stop sucking up powers'
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015
Calls have been made for the devolved Welsh and Scottish governments to pass more powers down to ...
EDUCATION
Rogers blows whistle on policies
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015
Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has urged other councils to check their whistleblowing ...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall to increase use of 'external experts' to aid failing children's services
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015
External experts will be increasingly called in to support weak or failing children’s social care...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Camden urges London councils to lobby for tourism tax
By Dan Peters | 08 January 2015
The idea of councils being allowed to impose a tourist levy to help plug funding gaps has been re...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Plans to create pool of external experts
By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015
Government moves away from sector-led improvement in children’s services have been criticised day...
TROUBLED FAMILIES
Councils praised after latest Troubled Families announcement
By Dan Peters | 22 December 2014
Councils have had payments-by-results made for over two-thirds of their troubled families, the Go...
FINANCE
2% referendum threshold but welfare fund axed
By Dan Peters | 18 December 2014
Local authorities will be allowed to raise council tax by up to 2% in 2015/16, local government m...
BUSINESS
Improvement cash could be up for grabs
By Dan Peters | 17 December 2014
The budget for improvement services could be opened up to the private sector, as exclusively reve...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Pickles announces ex-council chief Caller as Tower Hamlets commissioner
By Dan Peters | 17 December 2014
Former council chief executive Max Caller has been announced as one of the commissioners who will...
FINANCE
Spending settlement red alert
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014
CLG chair issues sharp warning to ministers over perceived complacency amid an uncertain future f...
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Strategic Lead - Highway Project Delivery
Salary: £63,405 - £70,609 per annum. Incremental progression subject to performance
We are looking for an exceptional strategic leader to join our senior highways management team. Apply for this job
Head of Resident Experience
up to £93k
If you’re a housing professional looking for a job that will stretch and reward you in equal measure Apply for this job
Head of Housing Allocations & Accommodation
up to £93k
If you’re a housing professional looking for a job that will stretch and reward you in equal measure Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Plans for leadership college to be put to Whitehall
- Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
- Grasping a once in a lifetime opportunity for councils
- Uncertainty looms over future unitaries' budgets
- Worcestershire CC budget: Social care costs and local government funding pressures
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