Auditors add to council biometric warnings
WHITEHALL

Auditors add to council biometric warnings

By Mark Conrad | 20 May 2024

A spending watchdog has echoed councils’ concerns that biometric entry requirements at UK ports could lead to freight delays and gridlock on major roads.

BUSINESS

Third council in biometrics warning

By Mark Conrad | 09 April 2024

A third council has warned it faces potential fallout from new entry checks at UK borders earmark...

LEGAL

Red tape risk to levelling up

By Martin Ford | 06 October 2023

New rules around subsidies risk holding back levelling up efforts, according to analysis publishe...

FINANCE

Minister visits Edinburgh to mark tourism tax legislation

By Dan Peters | 05 June 2023

Public finance minister Tom Arthur visited Edinburgh to mark the publication of a Bill that would...

FINANCE

Pay 'putting off potential new finance recruits'

By Mark Conrad | 13 March 2023

Lower levels of pay in the public sector are discouraging finance professionals from entering loc...

WHITEHALL

Calls for UKSPF funding flexibility

By Martin Ford and Mark Conrad | 16 November 2022

Local government has asked Whitehall to reprofile cash from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)...

WHITEHALL

Council capacity to respond to cost of living 'highly limited'

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2022

Local government officers feel their hands are tied in how much support they can realistically pr...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall unit targets council websites

By Dan Peters | 08 August 2022

Council websites are being disproportionately targeted by a Whitehall unit tasked with monitoring...

WHITEHALL

Fears over Procurement Bill red tape

By Martin Ford | 26 May 2022

The Government has rejected concerns that new procurement rules will create more red tape for loc...

FINANCE

Government sign-off required to 'unlock' UKSPF

By Martin Ford | 08 February 2022

Councils will have to draw up investment plans to access the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF), the...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

Spending Review is another missed chance on 'levelling up'

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 09 November 2021

While we still await detail behind the Spending Review headlines, what we do know raises serious ...

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Carbon and Net Zero Manager

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South Wales Trunk Road Agent

Assistant Director of City Transport

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Assistant Director of City Sustainability

£78k-£84k

Sheffield is not only England’s fourth largest city, but also the greenest city in the UK. Apply for this job

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