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FINANCE
Reform defends £700m council savings claim
By Ann McGauran | 16 April 2026
A senior Reform UK figure has defended the party’s claim it has found £700m of savings at the cou...
FINANCE
Winning the war on waste?
By David Blackman | 16 April 2026
Is Reform UK’s waste drive just a saloon bar dream or are there still genuine efficiencies to be ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government ploughs on with council tax billing switch
By Joe Lepper | 15 April 2026
The Government is to plough on with its plans to switch council tax billing from 10 to 12-month i...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Greens propose council tax replacement
By Dan Peters | 14 April 2026
The Scottish Greens have proposed replacing the current council tax with a residential property t...
COUNCIL TAX
Council tax revaluation urged
By Martin Ford | 10 April 2026
The Government has been urged to carry out a council tax revaluation as part of a simplification ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government accused of 'failing to deliver' on council tax modernisation
By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026
The Government has been accused of ‘failing to deliver’ on plans to modernise and improve the adm...
COUNCIL TAX
A steady erosion of support: thirteen years on from the localisation of Council Tax Support
By Rebecca McDonald | 08 April 2026
Broader budget pressures are making it increasingly difficult for councils to maintain support th...
COUNCIL TAX
EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
By Dan Peters | 08 April 2026
Poorer areas tend to offer less council tax support than more affluent areas more than a decade a...
POLITICS
Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
By Dan Mead | 08 April 2026
Ahead of the May elections, Labour Together has set out a ‘big bang’ package it says will repair ...
COUNCIL TAX
Council tax goes up by £10bn in five years
By Paul Marinko | 25 March 2026
England’s council tax bill has gone up by more than £10bn in five years, new government data has ...
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