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WHITEHALL
MP launches Bill to scrap business rates
By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2021
Business rates should be abolished in a bid to save high street shops, an MP has claimed.
FINANCE
Our new beginning is here – let's not make a meal of it
By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2021
There are some major hurdles ahead, says Heather Jameson. 'Government’s quick fixes – to raise co...
FINANCE
The answers cannot wait for long
By John O’Brien | 12 January 2021
If local government is to play the vital role required in the recovery of places and communities,...
WHITEHALL
Uncertainty over rates rebate risk
By Dan Peters | 08 January 2021
More uncertainty has been heaped on councils after it emerged they could be hit by a £481m busine...
SOCIAL CARE
The devil is in the detail
By Tracie Langley | 02 December 2020
Tracie Langley says that while the additional Spending Review cash helps, ‘it doesn’t help the ba...
BUSINESS RATES
A mixed bag for councils
By Bob Neill | 02 December 2020
While Sir Bob Neill says there was much in the Spending Review to applaud, ‘what’s ultimately nee...
BUSINESS RATES
There's not enough votes in funding councils
By Heather Jameson | 02 December 2020
'Whatever the finance settlement brings, it will not be enough', says Heather Jameson. 'Councils ...
SOCIAL CARE
More cash, but not enough
By Heather Jameson | 01 December 2020
With its £5.5bn extra funding for local government next year the Spending Review may have deliver...
FINANCE
Online sales tax backed by London
By Martin Ford | 04 November 2020
The local government sector in the capital has advocated the introduction of an online sales tax ...
BUSINESS RATES
Think tank proposes 10-point plan to reform business rates
By Laura Sharman | 29 October 2020
The valuation of business rates should be devolved to local government, under proposals published...
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