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COUNCIL TAX
Councils need radical thinking at a time of crisis
By Professor Richard Murphy | 12 April 2022
Professor Richard Murphy says councils need to cooperate to tackle the multiple crises faced by c...
POVERTY
The cost of living crisis needs a strong locally-led response
By Jessica Studdert | 12 April 2022
We need to use more collective imagination to build a more adaptive and empowered local state th...
POVERTY
The energy crisis: what can councils do to protect their communities?
By Fay Holland | 08 April 2022
The Government continues to shy away from the investment needed to improve the energy efficiency ...
COUNCIL TAX
Cost of living crisis risks leaving levelling up 'dead on arrival'
By William Eichler | 07 April 2022
The Government’s levelling up agenda could be undermined by a deepening North-South divide exacer...
EDUCATION
The appliance of science
By Dave Wilson | 06 April 2022
Nesta’s behavioural insights team have developed a toolkit to help councils run projects to incre...
POVERTY
Pushing on for community power
By Ann McGauran | 01 April 2022
The Government has ‘disabled communities and then blamed them for their own inability to prosper’...
WELFARE
Districts deserved better planning from the centre on UKSPF cash
By Ian Miller | 29 March 2022
It will be interesting to see how councils can produce a complementary approach to local investme...
POVERTY
Assume the brace position
By Chris Tambini | 29 March 2022
The real impact of the cost of living crisis is yet to really unfold and, as for council finances...
FINANCE
Government needs to 'get a grip' on council tax rebate, says Betts
By Heather Jameson | 29 March 2022
The Government needs to ‘get a grip’ on the council tax rebate scheme, the chair of the levelling...
COUNCIL TAX
Sunak's statement misses the mark for the most vulnerable
By Joanne Pitt | 25 March 2022
The Government has made this mini budget more about political gestures than effecting real change...
Head of Education
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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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