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POLICY AND POLITICS
Reeves urged to raise higher council tax bands
By Dan Peters | 14 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves should raise rates on higher council tax bands to raise just under £4bn in her Budget later this month, an influential think-tank has said.
SEND
Avoiding SEND collapse
By Cllr Bill Revans | 14 November 2025
A new report makes it clear that if the Government does not take decisive action to reform SEND, ...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation: The next chapter in Surrey
By Ann McGauran | 13 November 2025
As Surrey prepares for unitarisation county council leader Tim Oliver tells Ann McGauran politics...
FINANCE
Council starts legal action over fair funding
By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025
Richmond upon Thames LBC has started the process for legal action against the Government’s propos...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: Cuts expected after LGA overhaul
By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025
Organisation agrees to new future operating model as chief executive promises ‘step change in how...
FINANCE
Why is recruitment to public service so challenging?
By Sonia Virdee | 13 November 2025
To recruit successfully, it's time to rethink the way public sector careers are present, especial...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed lobbies Treasury over fiscal devolution
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
Local government secretary Steve Reed has made the case to the Treasury for devolving fiscal powe...
FINANCE
Building local government's next generation of finance chiefs
By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2025
The Society of County Treasurers is launching a programme to help finance professionals leap ahea...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Fresh finance officer warning
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
The recruitment crisis for under-pressure section 151 officers is destined to get worse, a local ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Late funding changes may cost metropolitan councils £121m
By Joe Lepper | 12 November 2025
Late changes to the fair funding review around deprivation and population are expected to cost me...
PROCUREMENT
Care businesses in three regions 'extract' more than £250m in profits
By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2025
Private companies providing care services have taken more than £250m in profits in just three reg...
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