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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Camden urges London councils to lobby for tourism tax

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2015

The idea of councils being allowed to impose a tourist levy to help plug funding gaps has been re...

DEVOLUTION

Liverpool mayor: Cuts will cripple local government

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2015

Liverpool’s elected mayor has accused the Tories of ‘kicking the shit’ out of local government an...

FINANCE

Councils warned over tax rises

By Dan Peters | 07 January 2015

Ministers have threatened the highest spending town councils with the prospect of being forced to...

FINANCE

Care Act is 'ticking timebomb'

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Lib Dem minister Norman Lamb has been urged to address concerns over the soon-to-be-implemented C...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Plans to create pool of external experts

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Government moves away from sector-led improvement in children’s services have been criticised day...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Public safety is top concern for whistleblowers

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The proportion of concerns about public safety in local government dealt with by a whistleblowing...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils in bid to gain multi-CA membership

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Councils have called for a change in the law to allow them to be full members of more than one co...

FINANCE

Betts warns of tax system 'collapse'

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The chair of the communities and local government committee has called for a revaluation as part ...

FINANCE

Councils must seek new finance sources

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The man responsible for developing social impact bonds has urged councils to start thinking now a...

BUSINESS

Workshop shows ways to offset frontline service cuts

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Senior local government officers will meet in Nottingham next week to hear how Midlands councils ...

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