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WHITEHALL
Levelling up will take years, IFS warns
By Michael Burton | 01 February 2022
An updated funding formula and a revalued and reformed council tax will be key early tests of the...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Difficult decisions lie ahead for counties
By Nicola Beach | 26 January 2022
County Councils Network analysis projects that even with the extra funding secured by the sector,...
FINANCE
Tax reforms offer solutions to finance flaws - report
By Martin Ford | 14 January 2022
Changes to the current system could resolve issues around sufficiency and unfairness, and support...
FINANCE
Will this year see lift-off for local government?
By Heather Jameson | 11 January 2022
If Mr Gove is to deliver the aims of levelling up, to strengthen local leadership, boost civic pr...
FINANCE
Balancing the books in an uncertain world
By Richard Ambrose | 10 January 2022
The need to take difficult decisions and prudent financial management underpin Buckinghamshire Co...
ENVIRONMENT
The problems with the finance settlement
By Ian Miller | 17 December 2021
Ian Miller examines the risks and uncertainties for districts in the provisional settlement, and ...
FINANCE
Gove unveils £54bn finance settlement
By Martin Ford | 16 December 2021
The provisional local government finance settlement for 2022-23 represents an additional 4% incre...
FINANCE
Welcome words on business rates should be backed up in settlement
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 14 December 2021
The secretary of state now has a real opportunity to improve matters by introducing a business ra...
COUNCIL TAX
The Government should push on fast with reorganisation
By Ben Page | 13 December 2021
Anyone looking at bold plans for the future should bite the bullet on reorganisation and get it d...
HEALTH
Scottish ministers defend Budget impact on councils
By Mark Conrad | 10 December 2021
Scottish Government ministers have defended the impact of country’s Budget on councils amid warni...
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