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Government climbdown possible over revaluation

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The Government has cooled on its wish to move from five-yearly to three-yearly business rate reva...

LGA backs districts following Whitehall raid on NHB budget

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The Local Government Association (LGA) has backed furious districts angry after Whitehall raided ...

Emergency rules aim to quell delays to NI rate collection

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

Westminster may be forced to step in with emergency legislation to ensure Northern Irish councils...

EXCLUSIVE: Lack of confidence in adult social care strategy exposed

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The true scale of feeling across local government about the escalating social care crisis is reve...

Call for Whitehall to 'publish grant details'

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

A council has vowed not to give up its quest to get the Government to publish details about the a...

Finance settlement consultation offers no room for movement

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

Councils have been told that there is ‘little chance of any movement’ during the local government...

UKMBA scheduled to issue first bond in 2017

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The UK Municipal Bonds Agency (UKMBA) plans to issue its initial bond early this year.

Inter-authority loans put councils under pressure

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

A growing rate of inter-authority lending could be creating a complex web of interaction that tie...

How do we solve a problem like care?

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

Funding pressures in adult social care have permeated the national press lately. Dan Peters analy...

Reorganisation row spreads to Lincolnshire

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The row over local government reorganisation has spread to Lincolnshire after the county council ...