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WHITEHALL

Call for new audit board

By Dan Peters | 14 February 2020

An independent review has been urged to back the creation of a board to oversee the local audit s...

FINANCE

'Low pace' of London pension pooling could increase fees

By Dan Peters | 12 February 2020

London’s boroughs could have to pay an extra £20,000 fees for a collective investment vehicle (CI...

FINANCE

Finance settlement pulled for new terror law

By Dan Peters | 11 February 2020

Tomorrow’s local government finance settlement has been pulled to make way for emergency legislat...

WHITEHALL

Treasury could rake in £80m from PWLB rate hike - LGA

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2020

The Treasury could benefit from an £80m windfall from controversially increasing the Public Works...

WHITEHALL

Settlement scheme to move to 'really hard to reach'

By Dan Peters | 07 February 2020

More than three million applications have been made to the EU settlement scheme, according to the...

BUSINESS RATES

Rates repatriation revolt collapses

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2020

An attempt to repatriate the setting of business rates to Scottish councils has collapsed.

FINANCE

'Hidden cuts' in Scottish Budget

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2020

Council leaders have complained about ‘hidden cuts’ in a Scottish Budget that will deliver £11.3b...

BUSINESS

Chief executive criticised by cross-party working group

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2020

One of Norfolk’s longest serving chief executives should have had a stronger hold over a project ...

WHITEHALL

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...

FINANCE

'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 ...

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