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FINANCE

Scottish Labour to scrap 'unfair' council tax

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016

Scottish Labour has today announced plans to scrap the ‘unfair’ council tax and replace it with a...

FINANCE

GMB accepts pay offer but stalemate persists

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016

Stalemate has hit pay negotiations for local government staff despite a vote by one of the trade ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Budget 2016: New mayors as 'devolution revolution takes hold'

By Dan Peters | 16 March 2016

New elected mayors for English counties and southern cities have been announced by chancellor Geo...

FINANCE

Reforms will not make council tax proportionate

By Dan Peters | 16 March 2016

The Scottish Government’s proposals for council tax reform ‘fall short’ of making it a proportion...

FINANCE

LGA seeks rates distribution deal

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for an exploration of sub-national distribution...

FINANCE

'Ease housing benefit subsidy claim burdens'

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

Calls have been made for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to reduce the burden of audit...

WHITEHALL

Key Cities head praises Oxford restructure plan

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

The chair of the Key Cities group has urged councils to look at the example of Oxfordshire distri...

WHITEHALL

Harrogate in bid to form unitary

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

Reorganisation plans continue to surface as part of the fallout from the Government’s devolution ...

WHITEHALL

Budget 2016: Devo deals falter at final hurdle

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

Government efforts to get a raft of non-metropolitan devolution deals signed off in time for toda...

WHITEHALL

Cumbria devolution deal unlikely after stand-off

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2016

A devolution deal announcement for Cumbria in this week’s Budget looks unlikely after local leade...

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