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COUNCIL TAX
Autumn Statement: Jam today, gruel tomorrow
By Michael Burton | 21 November 2022
In last week’s Autumn Statement chancellor Jeremy Hunt has pushed public spending cuts beyond the...
WHITEHALL
Autumn Statement: The pain has just been deferred
By Jessica Studdert | 18 November 2022
If the Government’s priority was stability, the Autumn Statement failed to deliver, says Jessica ...
FINANCE
Autumn Statement: Hunt confirms council tax rises of 5%
By Mark Conrad | 17 November 2022
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a likely 5% hike in council tax, as well as swingeing public...
WHITEHALL
Council's 'bankruptcy' warning over Chagossian influx
By Dan Peters | 16 November 2022
A council has warned it could be forced to effectively declare bankruptcy if it has to fund housi...
FINANCE
Council tax hikes won't be enough, Hunt warned
By Martin Ford | 16 November 2022
Council tax rises alone will not be enough to bridge the gaping budget shortfalls faced by local ...
WHITEHALL
Ministers expected to stick with referendum threshold
By Dan Peters | 08 November 2022
Whitehall officials are not expecting returning local government secretary Michael Gove to make c...
COUNCIL TAX
Local response to crisis offers some hope
By Jonathan Carr-West | 26 October 2022
Dr Jonathan Carr-West says financially vulnerable councils are providing heroic levels of support...
LONDON COUNCILS
Prognosis grim but not incurable
By Cllr Georgia Gould | 24 October 2022
Cllr Georgia Gould says London’s boroughs have sprung into action to help those most at risk from...
COUNCIL TAX
Policy trumps PR
By Dan Corry | 19 October 2022
Dan Corry says the Prime Minister has perhaps now learned that if a policy is fundamentally poor,...
WHITEHALL
Sector split over finance settlement
By Mark Conrad | 11 October 2022
Financial uncertainty has split opinion over whether local government should push for a multi-yea...
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