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PLANNING
Call for holiday homes clampdown
By Martin Ford | 08 June 2021
Council leaders in Wales are asking for new powers and stricter taxation on holiday lets.
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Finance reforms in 2022-23 'challenging but possible'
By Dan Peters | 25 May 2021
Government officials believe it is still possible to introduce much-anticipated finance reforms t...
BUSINESS RATES
Green light for councils' legal action worth £10m
By Martin Ford | 17 May 2021
Legal action that could see an estimated £10m business rates windfall paid to councils has been c...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Levelling up needs long-term approach
By Martin Ford | 10 May 2021
A shake-up of local government funding is required to achieve a levelling up of the country, a ne...
BUSINESS RATES
Scotland 'should grasp nettle' of council tax reform
By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021
Holyrood should go further in overhauling taxation, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies ...
BUSINESS RATES
Let's see what happens on longer-term funding
By Lorna Baxter | 31 March 2021
Lorna Baxter gave evidence at the Public Accounts Committee in response to the NAO report on loca...
SOCIAL CARE
Care Act easements end
By Martin Ford | 26 March 2021
Emergency powers allowing councils to suspend Care Act requirements during the pandemic have been...
BUSINESS RATES
Opposition to greater council control of business rates
By Martin Ford | 24 March 2021
The prospect of handing more powers over business rates to local government has been given a fros...
BUSINESS RATES
Holiday homes tax loophole to be closed
By Martin Ford | 24 March 2021
The Government has announced a clampdown on tax breaks for second homes
FINANCE
NHS backs down over business rates
By Dan Peters | 23 March 2021
NHS trusts have withdrawn their appeal against a High Court ruling that said they were not eligib...
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