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Cash flow warning over council tax change
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Cash flow warning over council tax change

By Joe Lepper | 15 September 2025

Plans to switch council tax billing from 10 to 12-month instalments could leave local authorities with cash flow problems, experts have warned.

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Fair Funding 2.0 next steps: Turning promises into action for deprived communities

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 08 September 2025

Full council tax equalisation and the use of deprivation indices mark a critical shift toward nee...

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A taxing dilemma

By Paul Marinko | 27 August 2025

Councils calling for council tax reform should be careful what they wish for, writes Paul Marinko

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Calls for fair funding tax flexibility

By Martin Ford | 22 August 2025

The Government has been urged to lift the council tax referendum limit to help local authorities ...

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CCN: Residents to face maximum council tax rises

By Izzy Lepone | 20 August 2025

Residents of county and rural regions will face ‘maximum council tax rises’ under the Government’...

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Shifting the presssure

By Martin Ford | 07 August 2025

With consultation set to close on the fair funding review, Martin Ford looks at the challenges fa...

FAIR FUNDING

Fears fair funding could trigger section 114 notices

By Martin Ford | 07 August 2025

Fears councils may be forced into issuing section 114 notices by the fair funding review have bee...

REORGANISATION

Reform council asks officers to look at single Kent unitary

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2025

Kent CC’s Reform UK leader has asked officers to draw up a detailed options appraisal for a singl...

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Fair Funding Review 2.0: Transitional arrangements will be critical

By Tracy Bingham | 29 July 2025

Some councils may have reserves to support fair funding transition, but this is not sustainable l...

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Let the electorate decide what they are willing to pay for

By Heather Jameson | 24 July 2025

'Fiscal devolution – particularly for council tax – has a lot going for it', says Heather Jameson.

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Central government must ease its grip

By Florence Eshalomi | 23 July 2025

Councils must have more power to control their own affairs - accountable not to Westminster in th...

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