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FINANCE
Where's the debate over business rates?
By Lawrence Conway | 03 October 2018
We haven’t any money, announces local government. Absolute tosh, pronounces ministerial departmen...
WHITEHALL
Minister hints at business rates overhaul
By Chris Mahony | 01 October 2018
Cabinet minister Greg Clark has suggested that the business rates system could be over-hauled to ...
FINANCE
LGA's pre-Budget play in war against austerity
By Mark Conrad | 27 September 2018
Smith Square has begun drawing local government’s battle lines as chancellor Phillip Hammond come...
BUSINESS RATES
Labour leaders demand radical council tax reform
By Martin Ford | 24 September 2018
Labour local authority leaders have called for the council tax system to be scrapped in a direct ...
BUSINESS RATES
Essex councils clash over business rates retention pilot
By Martin Ford | 18 September 2018
A bid by Essex’s local authorities to pilot a business rates retention project worth up to £20m c...
FINANCE
Land value tax 'would benefit councils'
By Martin Ford | 07 September 2018
Replacing business rates with a land value tax could yield benefits for councils, a report has cl...
BUSINESS RATES
£450bn land value rise increases pressure for new tax
By Martin Ford | 30 August 2018
Soaring land prices are expected to increase pressure for the introduction of a land value tax.
FINANCE
Lib Dem leader backs business rates replacement
By Martin Ford | 20 August 2018
Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable has called for a land value tax to replace the current business ra...
FINANCE
A funding system that's had its time
By Tim Willis | 15 August 2018
Are business rates a dinosaur tax? Tim Willis explores the pros and cons of the current business ...
WHITEHALL
Simplified rates retention approach mooted
By Dan Peters | 13 August 2018
A separate grant to reward councils that help Government achieve its policy objectives under busi...
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