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FINANCE
Business rate as an income base requires more thought
By Michael Burton | 28 June 2017
local government needs to be realistic about the feasibility of relying on business rate for its ...
FINANCE
Dawn Baxendale: Chiefs have lost their public service raison d'être
By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2017
Dawn Baxendale speaks to Sam Clayden about how Southampton City Council – and local government as...
FINANCE
Local Government Finance Bill: A big let-down for the sector
By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2017
With a parliamentary agenda lacking much in terms of legislation for the next two years aside fro...
FINANCE
Where next for local government financial reform?
By David Phillips | 26 June 2017
With the falling of the Local Government Finance Bill, the IFS's David Phillips assesses where th...
WHITEHALL
Austerity must be eased
By Heather Jameson | 21 June 2017
Heather Jameson says that without the return of business rates or a solution to the social care c...
HEALTH
100% business rates retention legislation dropped
By Dan Peters | 21 June 2017
The Local Government Finance Bill has been dropped from the legislative programme, leaving plans ...
FINANCE
Scots committee hit out at nursery business rates
By Hiba Mahamadi | 21 June 2017
A Scottish parliamentary committee will write to local authorities and the Scottish Government ab...
FINANCE
Little substance predicted from Queen's Speech
By Heather Jameson | 21 June 2017
The Queen’s Speech is set to have Brexit at its heart but not much else, according to predictions...
FINANCE
How will Brexit affect local economies?
By Michael Burton | 21 June 2017
As the Government begins the tortuous negotiations for Brexit, local authorities are concerned ab...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Lower-tier councils pull out of Sheffield devolution deal
By Dan Peters | 14 June 2017
Bassetlaw DC has become the second lower-tier council to back away from participation in the Shef...
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