COUNCIL TAX
Fair funding finally within sight
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 11 July 2025
Full council tax equalisation will have a huge impact for the most deprived areas, but for the sector to be able to work with Government as a partner an increase to the overall funding pot is cruci...
COUNCIL TAX
London to be 'short-changed' by funding review
By Martin Ford | 09 July 2025
Inner London boroughs could see their funding slashed by more than a quarter as a result of the f...
COUNCIL TAX
Relieving the pressure on public finances
By Piali Das Gupta | 03 July 2025
Local government must be properly resourced for any new duties it is tasked with, writes Piali Da...
COUNCIL TAX
Grant funding's phase-in
By Ann McGauran | 02 July 2025
The fair funding review 2.0 has landed, but will it put the whole of a beleaguered sector onto a ...
FINANCE
Government 'localising blame'
By Martin Ford | 26 June 2025
The Government has been accused of ‘localising blame’ by relying on council tax hikes to prop up ...
POLITICS
Council warns Government plan would force £95m savings
By Dan Peters | 26 June 2025
Croydon LBC would have to deliver the ‘highest level of service cuts made by one council in one y...
FUNDING
Review must be beginning rather than end of reform
By Heather Jameson | 25 June 2025
No matter how good the fair funding 2.0 consultation is, and how politically problematic it may b...
REORGANISATION
Now for the fair funding fireworks
By Michael Burton | 25 June 2025
The Government has finally grasped the nettle of fair funding by producing a controversial draft ...
PREVENTION
Spending Review: Little room for a more preventative approach to health
By Andria Mastroianni | 17 June 2025
Andria Mastroianni says relying on council tax to fill funding gaps risks exacerbating, rather th...
COUNCIL TAX
Council tax to shoulder funding boosts
By Martin Ford | 12 June 2025
Increases to funding for local government and the police in the Spending Review will rely heavily...
SPENDING REVIEW
Spending Review: A time for imagination and integration
By Katie Johnston | 12 June 2025
Reflecting on the Spending Review, Katie Johnson says a change of mindset is needed towards a mor...
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