FINANCE

LGA to lead calls for devolution discussion

By Jonathan Werran | 21 October 2014

Council chiefs will lobby Treasury ministers in the coming weeks to begin immediate talks on fina...

WHITEHALL

'We are not volunteers' councillors tell Whitehall

By Heather Jameson | 21 October 2014

Councillors yesterday hit back at their reputation as boy scouts and claimed central government h...

WHITEHALL

Cabinet seat call for cities

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The Government should consider giving cities a permanent seat at cabinet, a 12-month inquiry publ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

'Peer reviews are not perfect,' says Sparks

By Dan Peters | 21 October 2014

The chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) has admitted weaknesses with the sector-led i...

FINANCE

Fraud and errors cost housing benefit £1.4bn

By Jonathan Werran | 21 October 2014

The viability of the housing system is being put into question through increasing reliance by eve...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Safe as houses

By Jonathan Werran | 20 October 2014

Sir Michael Lyons’ independent review of housing for the Labour Party was launched last week with...

FINANCE

Councils don't have to spend big to realise the true power of data

By Emily Roche | 17 October 2014

Visualising social care data and understanding the biggest reasons behind any variability can rea...

FINANCE

Sparks: councils cannot take further budget cuts

By Dan Peters | 16 October 2014

Councils will tell the next government in 2015 that the sector cannot take any more cuts, the cha...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Caution urged over response to Rotherham CSE scandal

15 October 2014

Senior local government figures have warned of the difficulties in taking action against officers...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Charity boss to head review of the LGA

By Jonathan Werran | 15 October 2014

Charity boss Dame Clare Tickell has been appointed to head the independent review into the Local ...

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Director of Economy

£95,050 - £105,438 plus relocation package

This is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Legal (Monitoring Officer)

£73,755-82,065 plus relocation package

This is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Transport Strategy

£59,057 - £65,296

Join our new organisation as Head of Transport Strategy to connect a whole region for transformational impact. Apply for this job

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