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FINANCE
Ex-minister urges Whitehall to give councils control over property taxes
By Michael Burton | 02 December 2014
All local property-based taxes such as stamp duty and land tax should be retained by local author...
HEALTH
It's time for council leaders to step up to the plate
By Jim McMahon | 02 December 2014
It’s likely to be another tough week for local government leaders as the chancellor prepares to u...
HEALTH
Extra funding for fraud clampdown
By Dan Peters | 27 November 2014
A range of council-led projects to claw back billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money lost every ye...
WHITEHALL
CBI calls for rates reform
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014
Bosses’ group the CBI has called on the chancellor to reform the current business rates regime, w...
FINANCE
Council collection rates under scrutiny
By Jonathan Werran | 25 November 2014
A spending watchdog has urged local authorities to improve efforts to recoup more than £4.5bn in ...
WHITEHALL
It is time for a transfer of power?
By Dan Peters | 24 November 2014
Devolution’s on the agenda as Dan Peters interviews shadow communities secretary, Hilary Benn, ab...
WHITEHALL
Slow but steady wins the day
By Bob Neill | 18 November 2014
Incremental change and ‘subsidiarity’ should be the way forward for English devolution, argues Bo...
FINANCE
Scotland gained £1bn from 'flawed' Barnett figures
By Jonathan Werran | 11 November 2014
Scotland has benefited from a £1bn funding boost because of the ‘flawed’ way in which the controv...
WHITEHALL
Call for business rate system overhaul
By Jamie Hailstone | 11 November 2014
Town hall chiefs have called on the Government to let them be able to give business rate discount...
PAY
Brent's Living Wage discount
By Jonathan Werran | 04 November 2014
Brent LBC has proposed to offer business rates discounts of up to £5,000 to local firms who sign ...
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