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FINANCE

Warning delivered as councils continue to draw on reserves

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2017

A top finance expert has issued a fresh warning after figures showed councils were financing more...

BUSINESS

LEPs to be strengthened

By Dan Peters | 30 August 2017

The Government plans to strengthen the role of local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) as part of a ...

FINANCE

Birmingham bin strike back on after Clancy backtrack

By Mark Conrad | 30 August 2017

Trade union Unite has decided to go back on strike in its long-running dispute with Birmingham Ci...

FINANCE

Birmingham officers in warning over bin deal

By Dan Peters | 25 August 2017

A row is brewing between Birmingham City Council’s management and senior councillors over how to ...

BUSINESS

Liverpool insist 'business as usual' after chief rebailed

By Dan Peters | 24 August 2017

Liverpool City Council has insisted it is ‘business as usual’ after police said chief executive G...

FINANCE

Review backs keeping business rates

By Dan Peters | 23 August 2017

A year-long review of business rates in Scotland has made 30 recommendations for reform but argue...

HEALTH

County call for targets rethink

By Dan Peters | 22 August 2017

Councils have called for the Government to rethink a threat to strip them of promised cash if the...

HEALTH

Financial uncertainty forcing councils to award shorter contracts

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2017

The Government should offer subsidised loans to cash-strapped councils to encourage them to award...

FINANCE

Finance concerns grow in wake of Grenfell

By Dan Peters | 18 August 2017

Council finance directors are growing increasingly concerned about the impact of the Grenfell Tow...

FINANCE

Reading balances books but warns: 'there's no room for error'

By Dan Peters | 16 August 2017

Reading Council’s new boss has said the authority’s books are balanced until 2020 but there is ‘n...

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