Government backtrack over staircase tax
April 20, 2018
The Government has appeared to backtrack on a commitment to ‘fully compensate’ the sector for the loss of income due to changes in business rates.
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Labour outlines housing policy
April 19, 2018
Labour would scrap right to buy, and give councils new borrowing freedoms and central funding in a bid to kick-start house building, the party said today.
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Bucks residents back two unitaries - survey
April 19, 2018
Two out of three Buckinghamshire residents support a two-unitary option for the county, according to a newly-published telephone survey.
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Government fully backing health and care integration
April 20, 2018
The Government is fully backing the integration of health and social care, a policy lead at the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has insisted.
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Government back to drawing board on Fair Deal
April 19, 2018
Whitehall remains committed to introducing the Fair Deal policy into the local government pension scheme (LGPS) despite ditching draft regulations.
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LGA report suggests lifting of council tax freeze
April 19, 2018
Broxtowe BC should consider lifting its council tax freeze as it begins to use reserves at a ‘significant rate,’ a Local Government Association desktop review of the authority’s financial position has suggested.
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Welsh social services funding gap to triple by 2020
April 19, 2018
The funding gap in Welsh social services will jump by a whopping three-and-a half times by 2020/21, the Welsh Local Government Association has warned.
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Councils implored to tear down ‘wall of deniability’
April 17, 2018
Council leaders and senior politicians in Rochdale must stop ‘dumping’ on hard-pressed officers and take responsibility for tackling child abuse, a leading lawyer has told The MJ.
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Fitzgerald loses court battle to review arrest
April 18, 2018
Liverpool City Council’s chief executive, Ged Fitzgerald, has lost a legal attempt to judicial review his arrest.
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