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FINANCE
Predictions of low take up for retention pooling scheme
By Joe Lepper | 16 October 2025
Take up of a government invitation to councils to join the business rates retention pooling schem...
FINANCE
Districts sound fair funding alarm
By Martin Ford | 21 July 2025
The District Councils’ Network (DCN) has joined inner London boroughs in sounding the alarm over ...
FINANCE
Grant funding's phase-in
By Ann McGauran | 02 July 2025
The fair funding review 2.0 has landed, but will it put the whole of a beleaguered sector onto a ...
FINANCE
Rates reset could force 'deep cuts'
By Dan Peters | 10 June 2025
Local authorities will be forced to make ‘deep cuts to important services’ if the Government push...
LOCAL ECONOMIES
Getting in the zone to deliver local success
By Sean Benstead | 13 May 2025
The special economic zones model is still too centralised, and government must loosen its grip if...
FINANCE
McMahon: End to 'shaming' preventing bankruptcies
By Martin Ford | 07 May 2025
An end to ‘public shaming’ of councils has helped stem the tide of section 114s, local government...
COUNCIL TAX
Valuation Office Agency to be axed
By Martin Ford | 29 April 2025
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA), the body responsible for setting council tax and business rate...
FINANCE
£2bn finance settlement boost announced
By Dan Peters | 18 December 2024
Councils in England will receive a share of £2bn additional funding next year under the provision...
FINANCE
Divert NHS cash to social care
By Martin Ford | 10 December 2024
The Government has been urged to divert NHS funding to ease pressure on local government.
FUNDING
The Government is serious about trying to fix funding
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 29 November 2024
The policy statement is a welcome first step in resetting the relationship between funding and ne...
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