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FINANCE
Concern over new audit body
By Martin Ford | 03 February 2025
Ministers have been warned against overreach with the creation of the Local Audit Office (LAO).
IMPROVEMENT
Peer warning over councillor financial understanding
By Emily Twinch | 03 February 2025
Not all 39 councillors at a Nottinghamshire council are fully getting to grips with the financial...
FINANCE
Tax hikes agreed for just six councils
By Heather Jameson | 03 February 2025
Councils facing financial woes have been told to scale back council tax rises, just weeks before ...
HEALTH
Rays of hope for health
By Katherine Merrifield | 03 February 2025
Katherine Merrifield says that while the Devolution White Paper and the funding settlement set ou...
UNIONS
Unions demand £3,000 pay rise
By Dan Peters | 31 January 2025
Trade unions have jointly submitted a pay claim for all council employees to receive a wage rise ...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Questions over financial impact of reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025
Questions have been raised over whether the Government’s approach to local government reorganisat...
ELECTORAL COMMISSION
Commission pushes ahead with surveys despite elections uncertainty
By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025
The Electoral Commission is pushing ahead with two surveys for returning officers about May's pol...
FINANCE
New unitary seeks exceptional financial support
By Dan Peters | 30 January 2025
A unitary council that is less than two years old is seeking exceptional financial support from G...
GOVERNANCE
Don't get caught in the bubble trap
By Andrew Muter | 29 January 2025
Professor Catherine Staite and Andrew Muter examine the risks that lead to failures within local ...
FINANCE
We need to talk about the state of the state
By Heather Jameson | 29 January 2025
A Hollywood actor's eloquent court argument about why he shouldn't have to pay council tax may ra...
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Head of Education
£87,117- £93,978
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Service Managers – Children's Social Care
£61,863 - £67,592
Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Apply for this job
Head of Commercial Services
£77,339 - £83,714
Few boroughs have a story quite like Trafford’s. Apply for this job
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