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EXCLUSIVE: DCLG to offer 'no detriment' clause to all pilots

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2017

The Department for Communities and Local Government has decided to offer all business rates reten...

Imminent reclassification set to be 'game changer' for councils

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2017

Councils with an investment portfolio below the £10m threshold are pondering their options ahead ...

Senior management changes announced at West Lancashire

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2017

West Lancashire BC has modified its senior management team as part of wider plans to save £2.7m b...

Calls for Council Tax Support to be in review

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2017

Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) costs should be considered as part of the fair funding review, a...

Review paints bleak financial picture for Northamptonshire

By Mark Conrad | 25 October 2017

A damning peer review of Northamptonshire CC’s financial position has warned the authority is ‘he...

Sector concerns over fair funding timescale

By Dan Peters | 25 October 2017

The results of the fair funding review (FFR) might not be published until weeks before the provis...

Ofsted: More to do to improve Birmingham's children's services

By Dan Peters | 20 October 2017

Birmingham City Council has ‘further work’ to do to improve its children’s services, an Ofsted mo...

Rates pilots fuelling fears of two-speed 'unfair' approach

By Dan Peters | 18 October 2017

The County Councils’ Network (CCN) has warned the Government’s approach to the business rates ret...

MPs to examine impact of Brexit on sector

By Dan Peters | 18 October 2017

The role councils could play after Brexit will be examined by MPs on the Communities and Local Go...

Labour may drop policy on care

By Dan Peters | 18 October 2017

Labour may ditch the name of its flagship National Care Service policy, the party’s shadow minist...