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INTERVENTION
Woking contacts police following auditor report
By Paul Marinko | 27 November 2024
Woking BC has contacted the police after an auditor’s report found officers failure to ensure its...
FINANCE
The Budget gave with one hand and took away with another
By Nicole Wood | 27 November 2024
The additional £1.3bn will not go very far once the cost of the new rates of National Living Wage...
SEND
Council calls for SEND tribunals to consider safety valve arrangements
By Emily Twinch | 26 November 2024
Norfolk CC has called for tribunals handling special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) ap...
FINANCE
NAO blames council audit backlog for failure to sign off Government accounts
By Dan Peters | 26 November 2024
The Government’s financial accounts have failed to be signed off for the first time due to ‘sever...
HOUSING
More than 100 councils report not prosecuting rogue landlords
By William Eichler | 22 November 2024
‘Many’ council enforcement teams do not have the resources and capacity to proactively tackle poo...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
Distribution, devolution and reorganisation
By By Simon Edwards | 21 November 2024
Simon Edwards says that while deprivation is an important indicator of need, as the CCN's chairma...
FINANCE
Local authorities are at a crossroads
By Owen Mapley | 21 November 2024
While the Budget increases councils’ core spending power, many remain in the dark regarding fundi...
FINANCE
Call for courage over failing council finances
By By Martin Ford | 21 November 2024
‘Drastic action’ from the Government is required to shore-up councils’ finances amid multiple cri...
AUDIT
Woking's debt hits £2.1bn
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2024
Woking BC’s commissioners have revealed its ‘spiral of debt’ has reached £2.1bn and further inter...
FINANCE
Finance chief exits cash-strapped council
By Heather Jameson | 20 November 2024
The executive director of resources at a cash-strapped council is leaving, shortly after a sectio...
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Head of Property, Assets & Major Projects
Renumeration package £74 – 78k
This is a rare opportunity to combine strategic leadership, commercial asset management Apply for this job
Head of Legal - (Commercial & Projects)
£71,513- £80,593 per annum
We are seeking a senior solicitor to join as the Head of Legal for Commercial and Projects work. Apply for this job
Head of Business, Markets and Town Centres
PO10 - £84,042 - £89,274
We are now seeking an exceptional leader to join our Economy & Skills team as our new Head of Business Apply for this job
- Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief
- Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced
- Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
- Budget 2026: 'Further £430m' to tackle rough sleeping
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
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