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FINANCE
'Colossal' local government spending cuts to come
By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2014
Unprotected areas of public spending – including local government budgets - face ‘cuts on a colo...
FINANCE
A glance at the small print
By Michael Burton | 04 December 2014
Michael Burton scrutinises the Treasury documents accompanying yesterday's Autumn Statement to se...
WHITEHALL
Welfare cap still fit, OBR confirms
By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014
Independent government economic forecasters have confirmed the Coalition remains on target to mee...
WHITEHALL
Osborne claims deficit reduction remains on track
By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014
Chancellor George Osborne today told Parliament the deficit had been halved since 2010 and was fa...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Smith report prompts race for devolution
By Heather Jameson | 03 December 2014
‘English votes for English laws’ is less important than getting the right deal for communities, t...
WHITEHALL
How immigration has helped reduce the deficit
By Michael Burton | 02 December 2014
The recent wave of immigrants to the UK since 2000 – in particular those from the EU – has contri...
WHITEHALL
Axing fund is cynicism dressed up as localism
By David Finch | 28 November 2014
Cutting funding for local welfare provision and effectively saying ‘it’s local government’s probl...
WHITEHALL
DWP wasting money in Universal Credit fix, PAC chair rages
By Jonathan Werran | 26 November 2014
The coalition’s flagship Universal Credit welfare reform programme is running further behind sche...
WHITEHALL
Pressure growing for welfare fund U-turn
By Dan Peters | 25 November 2014
Councils have called for the Government to continue to fund local welfare provision amid criticis...
PENSIONS
White Van Man . . . on the elderly
18 November 2014
We’ve got to do something about all these old folk.
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Director of Customer, Digital and Corporate Strategy
£108,842
If you are a strategic thinker who can inspire teams, champion innovation and drive meaningful change, we would love to hear from you. Apply for this job
Director of Highways and Transport
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Service Manager – Network Management
£50,269 - £52,413 *
We welcome applicants from within and outside local government Apply for this job
- Mayor steps into chief executive row with Reform UK councillors
- Reform pledges to proritise Green councils for immigration detention centres
- Warning over financial risks faced by children's care providers
- Reorganisation: For councils, 'business as usual' matters as we look to the future
- Legal threat over council reorganisation in Hampshire
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