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WHITEHALL
Emergency settlement call as councils face financial cliff-edge
By Dan Peters | 15 July 2019
Calls have been made by a think-tank for a one-year emergency local government settlement with co...
FINANCE
Grabbing a larger slice of the cake
By David Phillips | 03 July 2019
On paper, cash-strapped councils face many options for raising revenue. As they await the Spendin...
DEVOLUTION
Kick-start devo deals, says Heseltine
By Paul Marinko | 02 July 2019
Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine has called for power over housing, skills and jobs to...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
£250bn and more devolution needed to tackle oncoming crisis
By Hiba Mahamadi | 28 May 2019
The Government needs to invest £250bn and commit to devolution if it is to tackle the jobs, housi...
FINANCE
Council tax system needs 'fundamental reform'
By Dan Peters | 16 May 2019
The council tax system is ‘highly regressive and unsustainable,’ and needs ‘fundamental reform,’ ...
WHITEHALL
Central-local relations at 'all-time low' - study
By Ann McGauran | 15 May 2019
The relationship between Whitehall and councils has broken down, with local leaders feeling ‘disr...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
We need a real debate on local taxes
By Piali Das Gupta | 15 May 2019
Piali Das Gupta argues that we need a more sophisticated balance of local revenue sources for loc...
FINANCE
Redressing the balance
By Ann McGauran | 15 May 2019
Localis’s report Hitting reset – a case for local leadership puts the argument for a complete tra...
FINANCE
Cut business rates, claims Treasury's Truss
By Heather Jameson | 09 May 2019
Business rates should be cut to support the private sector, chief secretary to the Treasury, Liz ...
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...
Director of Assets, Environment and Economy
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Director of Assets, Environment and Economy
Up to £109,000
At Nottinghamshire County Council, we’re more than an organisation, we’re a community, inside and out. Apply for this job
Area Programme Director
c. £130k
You will work closely with our Senior Responsible Officer and his deputies to develop a robust and achievable transition plan. Apply for this job
Unitary Programme Director (Mid Hampshire)
£120k
Across Hampshire, four new unitary councils are being created and this role will work within the wider programme Apply for this job
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