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BUSINESS RATES

NI councils handed powers to vary taxes

By Heather Jameson | 15 February 2021

New legislation at Stormont will allow councils in Northern Ireland to vary the rate of council t...

SOCIAL CARE

MPs attack 'broken' council funding

By Martin Ford | 11 February 2021

The Government has promised reform of the system of financing local authorities.

COUNCIL TAX

Looking at the long term impact of Scottish council tax freeze

By Joanne Pitt | 10 February 2021

In Scotland, the devolved government announced £90m to compensate councils that choose to freeze ...

BUSINESS RATES

Fixing the fiscal flaws

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021

Last week saw the Treasury put a pause on business rates billing until after the Budget. But the ...

BUSINESS RATES

Local government settlement shows Government is not in listening mode

By Ian Miller | 09 February 2021

It is clear from the final local government settlement that the Government did not pay attention ...

BUSINESS RATES

There is no better time to sort out funding

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021

Heather Jameson says it will take a wholesale rethink of local government funding – and a social ...

FINANCE

Councils face £1.3bn shortfall on council tax, says IFS

By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2021

Councils face a £1.3bn shortfall in the council tax they were expecting for 2020/21, finance thin...

FINANCE

Jenrick announces final finance settlement

By Martin Ford | 04 February 2021

The Government has published the final local government finance settlement for England.

FINANCE

Scottish Budget 'falls short'

By Dan Peters | 29 January 2021

The Scottish Government’s £11.6bn budget ‘falls short of the fair funding local government requir...

FINANCE

Lancaster mulls tax increases and drawing on reserves

By Martin Ford | 27 January 2021

Successive tax increases and use of reserves have been proposed to close Lancaster City Council’s...

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