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FINANCE

Listen to the local

By Sir Bob Neill | 23 October 2023

Party conferences are long on rhetoric but leave local government with more questions than answer...

WHITEHALL

Welsh councils to wait for tourism tax

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023

Tourism taxes will not be in place in Wales until 2027, the Welsh Government has estimated.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Government advisers back fiscal devolution

By Martin Ford | 23 October 2023

Fiscal devolution should be ramped up to enable local authorities to develop transport networks, ...

PLANNING

Giving power away: Labour needs to turn rhetoric into reality

By Ross Mudie | 16 October 2023

Labour needs to articulate a more concrete vision for how they would go further and faster on dev...

BUSINESS

London Councils eyes apprenticeship levy devolution

By Dan Peters | 09 October 2023

London Councils has named securing devolution of the apprenticeship levy to its boroughs to fund ...

WHITEHALL

Centralisation is not a cosy cocoon

By Jessica Studdert | 27 September 2023

When Detroit went bust it seemed to prove the riskiness of local self-government, says Jessica St...

WHITEHALL

Smith calls for boroughs to be handed vehicle excise duty share

By Dan Peters | 15 September 2023

Devolved funding from vehicle excise duty should be allocated directly to the capital’s 32 boroug...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Beware the allure of fiscal freedoms

By Charlotte Alldritt | 11 September 2023

Without boosting local government, plans for financial devolution at a time of such national econ...

FINANCE

South East Councils to consider devolution of vehicle excise duty

By Dan Peters | 01 September 2023

The devolution of vehicle excise duty (VED) will be among the options expected to be considered b...

FINANCE

Power through partnership

By Tom Riordan | 04 July 2023

More than a decade after the Commission on the Future of Local Government, and as we advance towa...

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Assistant Director – Property

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Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Chief Operating Officer

up to £126,615

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Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Assistant Director, Procurement Specialist

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We are seeking an outstanding Assistant Director, Procurement Specialist... Apply for this job

Birmingham City Council

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