Title
WHITEHALL
The dead hand of centralism
By Steve Leach | 24 April 2019
Central Government must give up its ‘iron grip’ on local government finances and free councils up...
FINANCE
Doubts over new taxes to fund Commonwealth Games
By Martin Ford | 15 April 2019
New forms of tax are unlikely to fill a £40m hole in funding for the Commonwealth Games budget, c...
INFRASTRUCTURE
Speak up! Making the case for devolved infrastructure funding
By Sir John Armitt | 27 March 2019
This week's launch of the National Infrastructure Commission's Next Steps for Cities programme ro...
WHITEHALL
Local income tax best bet for fiscal devo - IFS
By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2019
Local income tax would be the best option for fiscal devolution if the Government wanted to hand ...
FINANCE
A taxing problem
By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2019
Heather Jameson looks at the latest report from the IFS’s Local Government Finance Commission, wh...
FINANCE
The problem solvers
By Nickie Aiken | 21 March 2019
Cllr Nickie Aitken says it is time for the sector to stop pleading poverty and start working on s...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Let's trial fiscal devolution in areas like Westminster
By Heather Acton | 14 March 2019
Westminister has seen England's biggest fall in children's services budgets since 2010. Cllr Heat...
WHITEHALL
Spending Review launch dependent on securing Brexit deal
By Laura Sharman | 13 March 2019
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced he plans to launch a full three-year Spending Review befo...
WHITEHALL
Call for place-based Spending Review
By Dan Peters | 07 March 2019
The Treasury should develop a new national place-based Spending Review, the independent Royal Soc...
WHITEHALL
NLGN in fresh fiscal devolution call
By Chris Mahony | 26 February 2019
Only full fiscal devolution with comprehensive tax-raising powers at a local level will deliver t...
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Engineering Team Manager (Transportation)
£53,460 - £56,732
Premium jobLead the way. Shape Calderdale’s transport future. 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
Lead Technical Architect
£51,356 - £55,539 per annum
Are you ready to step into a pivotal leadership role where your vision will define the future of the council’s entire technology landscape? Apply for this job
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- EXCLUSIVE: LGA reduces transparency of key meeting
- Epping Forest ends legal fight over asylum hotel
- Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation
- Future Forum: Councils must put 'rules and tools' in place ahead of political change
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