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WHITEHALL
Calls for PM to meet mayors
By Heather Jameson | 22 March 2016
The Government has refused to say whether David Cameron will revisit his promise to chair a cabin...
WHITEHALL
Osborne's schools pledge 'misleading'
By Sam Clayden | 22 March 2016
Council chief executives and experts have hit back at chancellor George Osborne’s drive to free s...
FINANCE
Scottish Labour to scrap 'unfair' council tax
By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016
Scottish Labour has today announced plans to scrap the ‘unfair’ council tax and replace it with a...
WHITEHALL
More than a marriage of convenience
17 March 2016
To adapt a phrase, the NHS is from Mars, local government is from Venus. But deputy director of t...
HEALTH
'Plan ahead for integrated place-based care'
By Jamie Hailstone | 15 March 2016
A local government think-tank has called on councils and health trusts to plan ahead to help deve...
WHITEHALL
73% 'demand consultation' before contracting out services
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 March 2016
Almost three-quarters of people want to be consulted before councils outsource services, accordin...
FINANCE
Time for a re-think
By Simon Parker | 08 March 2016
Simon Parker warns chief executives are now facing an increasingly divided role, left running bot...
FINANCE
Call for 'separate grant system' after rates retention
By Sam Clayden | 23 February 2016
Sector experts have voiced concerns over the redistribution of business rates after retention, wa...
WHITEHALL
'Encourage CAs to set funding formulae'
By Dan Peters | 16 February 2016
Combined authorities should be encouraged by the Government to set their own devolved local fundi...
HUMOUR
Viva la devolución!
10 February 2016
Calls for a local government uprising have been bubbling and boiling for some time and, as the de...
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£188,576 - £201,902 (pay award pending)
Join us for a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK’s newest and most ambitious councils Apply for this job
Finance Development Accountant
Band I (£55,609 to £59,025)
Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
LGR Programme Director
Up to £120k
This is a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government in Worcestershire. Apply for this job
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