FINANCE
The next government will have to fix the broken finance system
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 June 2024
The manifestos contained a welcome agreement on multi-year settlements, but big questions remain ...
FINANCE
The reality behind the pledges
26 June 2024
A week ahead of the General Election, The MJ delves into the manifestos of the three main parties...
BUSINESS RATES
We can fix the system
By Greg Stride | 25 June 2024
Amid rising costs to the sector, the prospect of local government keeping a share of national tax...
FINANCE
Labour pledges leave questions over council funding
By Martin Ford | 14 June 2024
Questions hang over the future of local government finance in the event of a Labour victory in ne...
BUSINESS RATES
Lib Dems pledge to scrap business rates
By Ellie Ames | 09 April 2024
The Lib Dems would deliver tax reforms to ‘revive struggling high streets,’ leader Sir Ed Davey h...
BUSINESS RATES
Reflections on the West Midlands trailblazer devo deal one year on
By Ed Cox | 20 March 2024
Ed Cox sets out his five takeaways from the first year of the West Midlands trailblazer devolutio...
WHITEHALL
The dead hand of centralism holds back productivity
By Ian Miller | 20 March 2024
If councils had the tools, most if not all of them could by now have set fees to recover the full...
BUSINESS
Levelling up requires 'meaningful' devolution, business group says
By William Eichler | 20 February 2024
Business leaders have called for ‘meaningful decision-making powers’ to be devolved to local auth...
WHITEHALL
Call to end £250m business rate loophole
By Andrew Vaux | 11 January 2024
A campaign to end a loophole which is estimated could cost councils a massive £250m in lost busin...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Autumn Statement: not what it says on the tin
By Kate Ogden | 24 November 2023
Kate Ogden says it seems likely either taxes will have to rise further, borrowing will have to ri...
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