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Getting to the business end

By Dan Peters | 31 August 2016

Time is fast approaching on the issue of business rates retention, and local government has a lot...

Sports Direct facing calls for review into working practices

By Dan Peters | 31 August 2016

A local government pensions body has backed calls for a review into working practices at Sports D...

CIPFA launch financial resilience product

By Dan Peters | 31 August 2016

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has warned of ‘financial failur...

LGPS concerns raised over infrastructure investment

By Dan Peters | 31 August 2016

Local government pension schemes have raised fresh concerns with ministers over Whitehall’s desir...

Elected mayor speculation continues

By Sam Clayden | 31 August 2016

The Government was this week battling to persuade the sector it remains committed to devolution a...

Merger proposed to secure financial future

By Dan Peters | 23 August 2016

The leader of West Somerset DC has called for his council to merge with Taunton Deane BC to secur...

'Lessons for UK' over schools closure

By Dan Peters | 17 August 2016

Edinburgh City Council’s leader is ‘determined’ the whole UK can learn lessons from an independen...

Reforms will destroy local services link

By Dan Peters | 17 August 2016

Scottish government plans to hand £100m-a-year extra cash raised by council tax reforms straight ...

Whitehall urged to 'keep funding projects'

By Dan Peters | 17 August 2016

Chief executive of Scape Group, Mark Robinson, has urged the Government to plough more cash into ...

Post-Brexit uncertainty plunges finance settlement into chaos

By Dan Peters | 17 August 2016

Council finance directors have expressed concerns about taking up the Government’s offer of a fou...