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COUNCIL TAX
Districts need certainty on funding
By Ian Miller | 10 October 2022
A two-year settlement – even if it is worse than previously envisaged – would at least allow some...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Mini-Budget: Government in 'early discussions' on investment zones
By Ann McGauran | 23 September 2022
The Government is in ‘early discussions with nearly 40 places’ including Tees Valley and the West...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Birmingham has no alternative other than to declare a cost of living crisis
By Cllr Ian Ward | 12 September 2022
As Birmingham City Council declares a cost of living emergency, leader Ian Ward says the Prime Mi...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
More grant funding, not devolved tax powers, will support levelling up
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 31 August 2022
Sir Stephen Houghton says fiscal devolution is not a ‘levelling up’ silver bullet – and a new ref...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Welfare cuts ahead despite cost of living crisis
By Mark Conrad | 30 August 2022
Councils have warned they may have to reduce welfare spending as part of era-defining cuts to fro...
FINANCE
Welsh secretary pans tax raises for second homes
By Heather Jameson | 03 August 2022
New Welsh secretary Robert Buckland has spoken out against ‘punitive’ plans to charge more counci...
COUNCIL TAX
Council tax rebates now issued to 80% of eligible households
By Laura Sharman | 28 July 2022
Nearly 80% of eligible households have now received their £150 council tax rebate, the latest fig...
PLANNING
New council tax powers watered down
By Martin Ford | 15 July 2022
The Government is to curb proposed powers for local authorities to hike council tax on second homes.
FINANCE
Council tax revaluation announced for Wales
By Mark Conrad | 11 July 2022
The Welsh Government has announced it will revalue all 1.5 million properties in the country unde...
PLANNING
Welsh councils to get new powers over second homes
By Heather Jameson | 05 July 2022
Welsh councils will be given new powers to limit the number of second homes in their communities ...
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