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FINANCE
Property purchases will net £1.6m for district council
By Dan Peters | 22 March 2017
Basildon BC could eventually spend £80m buying up property across the UK to generate £1.6m a year...
FINANCE
Councils talk housing deals with Whitehall
By Sam Clayden | 14 March 2017
A group of councils has met with government officials to discuss the possibility of bespoke housi...
FINANCE
CIPFA seeks views on update of code
By Mark Conrad | 08 March 2017
A consultation has been launched on whether the prudential code should be extended to cover new m...
FINANCE
Cash-strapped councils are in need of a lending hand
By Rob Whiteman | 08 March 2017
It is now more important than ever for councils to be given greater borrowing freedoms if they ar...
FINANCE
Councils may lose out on growth after 100% rates retention
By Mark Conrad | 08 March 2017
Councils on the cusp of redistribution thresholds after 100% business rates retention could be di...
WHITEHALL
'Single highest' council tax rise in decade
By William Eichler | 06 March 2017
England is facing the ‘single highest’ council tax increase in a decade, a new study has revealed.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Bury chief suspended amid investigation
By Mark Conrad | 28 February 2017
Bury MBC has suspended its chief executive, Mike Owen, pending the full outcome of an independent...
WHITEHALL
Deal breaker?
By Sam Clayden | 28 February 2017
As yet more devolution proposals face setbacks, Sam Clayden takes the temperature of the agenda a...
WHITEHALL
Government struggling to implement Spending Review - report
By Mark Conrad | 28 February 2017
Town hall powers to bring forward council tax rises to tackle Britain’s social care crisis ‘may p...
FINANCE
A frank and open dialogue
By Sam Clayden | 21 February 2017
Last week, two senior figures threw down the gauntlet by asking the fundamental question: what is...
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