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PLANNING
MPs call for councils to be given more powers to tackle 'land banking'
By William Eichler | 10 June 2021
Local authorities should be granted more powers to act where developers are too slow in completin...
PLANNING
Call for holiday homes clampdown
By Martin Ford | 08 June 2021
Council leaders in Wales are asking for new powers and stricter taxation on holiday lets.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
More than £600m awarded to 26 new Town Deals
By Laura Sharman | 08 June 2021
The Government has announced the latest round of towns deals, which will see 26 towns across Engl...
HOUSING
Call for powers to use empty properties for homeless families
By Martin Ford | 07 June 2021
The Local Government Association (LGA) wants more powers to make use of empty properties to provi...
HOUSING
Councils to set priorities for First Homes scheme
By Martin Ford | 04 June 2021
Councils will be able to set a ‘local connection test’ to give priority to people such as key wor...
HOUSING
How can we stop a surge in homelessness across Greater Manchester?
By Dave Smith | 02 June 2021
We need to ensure that the steps we take out of the restrictions do not mean pushing people into ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Five success factors for delivering a fair recovery
By Ben Pykett | 02 June 2021
PwC has identified five success factors it believes are crucial to levelling up the UK, say Jonat...
PLANNING
Community involvement in town centres – supporting local people to do more
By Claire Harding | 28 May 2021
Government should rethink the powers available to local authorities to work with their communitie...
HOUSING
Using creative housing strategies to improve fostering
By Helen Costa | 26 May 2021
Helen Costa discusses the urgent issue of lack of capacity in fostering and looks at what solutio...
PLANNING
400,000 homes could be built on greenfield, says CPRE
By Michael Burton | 25 May 2021
More than 400,000 new houses could be built in greenfield sites in the south of England over the ...
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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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