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Gwynne calls for Government to scrap fair funding review

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2020

Shadow local government secretary, Andrew Gwynne, has called for the Government to scrap its fair...

'Stop kicking us three steps back'

By Dan Peters | 05 February 2020

Our annual local government finance survey shows most councils are planning to raise council tax ...

Business rates blow

By Dan Peters | 04 February 2020

Plans to use business rates to fund local government have been dealt a major blow by a survey tha...

EXCLUSIVE: Rate relief delay expected

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2020

Changes to business rates reliefs that the Government wants to make from April will not be introd...

EXCLUSIVE: Jenrick plans intervention to help northern councils

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick is poised to intervene in the fair funding review to en...

New pension fund to invest in London

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2020

Three major London pensions organisations will launch a fund investing in housing, infrastructure...

Healey calls for new rough sleeping taskforce

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2020

Ministers will not end rough sleeping in this country before 2082 based on its current rate of pr...

Davey: SEND crisis could blow up in councils

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2020

The acting Lib Dem leader has warned that the crisis in special educational needs and disability ...

EXCLUSIVE: Councils sent back to drawing board on SEND

By Dan Peters | 28 January 2020

Councils have been sent back to the drawing board after a quango ripped apart their plans to reco...

DCN: Council tax allowance not sufficient

By Dan Peters | 28 January 2020

The Government’s proposed council tax referendum threshold of 2% or £5 for shire district council...