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Council calls for end to 'discredited' austerity

By Dan Peters | 29 September 2017

Inverclyde Council has called for an end to austerity and demanded a fair local government budget...

Business rates appeals process in 'disarray'

By Dan Peters | 28 September 2017

The Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) new business rates appeals process is in ‘disarray,’ council ...

Councillors attack planning reforms

By Dan Peters | 28 September 2017

Scottish Government proposals to overhaul the planning system would erode the local democratic pr...

No lift to borrowing cap hits councils' homebuilding plans

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

Ministers have refused to lift the cap on borrowing despite claims it would allow local authoriti...

Hub refurbishment costs 'spiralled out of control'

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

Auditors have blamed ‘poor budget management’ after the cost of a Herefordshire Council project t...

Labour vows to return resources back to councils

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

A Labour Government would put capacity back into local government ‘very rapidly’ so councils can ...

Pay claims on hold till Budget

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

Local government employers will wait until chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget before respo...

Officers back call for extra cash from rates retention

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

Senior officers have backed Local Government Association (LGA) calls for any extra cash from 100%...

Chief defends council's peformance after critical report on kids' services

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

Worcestershire CC’s interim chief executive has insisted there are now ‘green shoots’ after a dam...

Care 'catastrophe'

By Hiba Mahamadi and Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

Friction rises as council leaders warn over Whitehall’s threats to withhold bed-blocking cash.