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FINANCE

Jobseekers 'must not pay council tax'

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

Asking people on jobseekers’ allowance to pay council tax is unfair, the Department for Communiti...

FINANCE

Leese calls for council tax revaluation 25 years on

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

Manchester City Council leader Sir Richard Leese has made fresh calls for an overhaul of council ...

FINANCE

Sector faces £1.5bn bill for backdated NHS relief

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

Local government could be hit with a bill of up to £1.5bn after 60 NHS trusts suggested they migh...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

LGA waits to hear about cash for sector-led improvment

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

The Local Government Association (LGA) was this week waiting to find out how much money Whitehall...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA 'neutral' on EU referendum

By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016

The Local Government Association (LGA) will remain neutral during the referendum on whether Brita...

WHITEHALL

Devolution split emerges in North Midlands

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2016

A split has emerged in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire over how quickly powers should be devolved ...

FINANCE

Public health planning 'thrown into uncertainty'

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2016

Public health planning is being held up by Whitehall’s failure to announce the funding settlement...

WHITEHALL

Council plans to break free from government grants

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

East Hampshire DC believes its plan to become independent of government grant by 2019/20 while st...

FINANCE

Clark resists local demand to bring forward finance settlement cash

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark has publicly rejected calls from the sector to frontload cash to...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Education 'notable for its absence' in devo deals

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

The Department for Education (DfE) is trailing behind other parts of Whitehall in its willingness...

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