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AUTUMN BUDGET
All eyes on the Budget
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 17 October 2024
The hope is that the Budget may finally mark the beginning of some certainty for local government...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Warm words but little in the way of answers
By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024
Following the previous government’s focus on levelling up, the new regime is still showing its lo...
INVESTMENT
We might be about to hit a sweet spot on regional growth
By By Zoë Billingham | 17 October 2024
Zoë Billingham says not only do our mayors and local leaders hold many of the levers of growth – ...
AUTUMN BUDGET
Our eight priorities for the Budget
By Louise Gittins | 17 October 2024
The Local Government Association is urging Government to use the Budget and Spending Review to ca...
WORKFORCE
We work hard to make sure we're the best employer we can be
By By Sheila Oxtoby | 17 October 2024
Focusing on staff is critical when financial challenges can often mean investment in them is depr...
FINANCE
On funding, let's not lose sight of the smaller stuff
By By Nicole Wood | 17 October 2024
There are many straightforward changes the Government could make to give councils more freedom to...
PERFORMANCE
Solace, strategy and cash-strapped councils
By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024
Perhaps the true measure of local government is inclusive growth – the ability to build the prosp...
POLICY AND POLITICS
A mission-led government: The key to tackling regional inequality
By Rob Turner | 17 October 2024
Grant Thornton believes its Missions Index can serve as a tool to foster a common understanding o...
SOLACE SUMMIT
Put in the investment to build better resilience
By Kath O'Dwyer | 17 October 2024
Kath O’Dwyer says central government must realise that operating local government ‘on a shoestrin...
SOLACE SUMMIT
Pointing towards a brighter partnership
By Matt Prosser | 17 October 2024
As delegates gather in Manchester for the Solace Summit, Matt Prosser says the relationship reset...
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Programme Manager - Local Government Reorganisation
£57,875 to £61,430 per annum
You will oversee the LGR Programme Plan, monitor milestones and risks, provide clear reporting Apply for this job
Business Finance Manager
£51,356 - £55,539 per annum
The role is based at County Hall, but the service is delivered through hybrid working Apply for this job
- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
- 'Hard to see' what underpins LGR other than politics, says Reform
- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
- From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth
- LGPS performing well, pension advisers say
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