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FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Nightmare before Christmas?
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023
The provisional local government finance settlement will be published just before Christmas, coun...
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.
WHITEHALL
Child abuse inquiry chair criticises Government response
By Mark Conrad | 23 October 2023
The chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has branded ministers’ respo...
WHITEHALL
'Victory for common sense' hailed on waste
By Mark Conrad | 23 October 2023
Councils have claimed a ‘victory for common sense’ after ministers watered down plans to standard...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Greens push for divestment
By Dan Peters | 20 October 2023
There will be a greater push for divestment in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) after t...
PLANNING
Government blocks remote meetings
By Martin Ford | 18 October 2023
A levelling up Bill amendment that would have enabled virtual council meetings has been stripped ...
COUNCIL TAX
'Anger' over Scottish council tax freeze
By Martin Ford | 18 October 2023
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf’s announcement of a blanket freeze on council tax next year ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
4 wheel drive woman on... party conferences
17 October 2023
Good lord, are all those political party conferences over? I can’t bear windbags wittering on abo...
SOLACE
Chiefs' professional development framework launched
By Ann McGauran | 17 October 2023
The first version of a professional development framework to keep local government chief executiv...
COUNCIL TAX
Charting new waters: the LGA after Mark Lloyd's exit
By Cllr Phil Broadhead | 17 October 2023
Cllr Phil Broadhead looks at the challenge for the LGA as it seeks a new chief executive capable ...
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£153,592 - £168,952
Local government in Surrey is being reshaped for the first time in more than 50 years. Apply for this job
- Cornwall silent on exit payments after chief executive and finance boss quit
- Rowlands set to stay on until 2028
- Local government reorganisation: A genuine pause creates the conditions for a decision
- Government told of rising complaints at Dudley after Best Value exit
- Code at the centre of cyber alert seen on more than 40% of UK council websites surveyed
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