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FINANCE
How will the Government reform the funding system for councils?
By Rob Powell | 28 January 2026
'If the White Paper and provisional settlement provide effective, fair and sustainable reforms an...
FINANCE
What CIPFA's Financial Resilience Index reveals about risk and reform
By Florence Bastos | 20 January 2026
CIPFA and Infoshare+’s Financial Resilience Index shows that better planning horizons will not be...
FINANCE
Scottish Budget proposes new council tax bands
By Martin Ford | 13 January 2026
The Scottish Government is proposing the creation of two new council tax bands in an effort to in...
POLICY AND POLITICS
'High probability' section 114 warning for Starmer
By Dan Peters | 09 January 2026
North Somerset Council’s leader has warned Prime Minister Keir Starmer there is a ‘high probabili...
COUNCIL TAX
BCP asks Government to raise tax referendum cap
By Martin Ford | 05 January 2026
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has approached the Government over increasing i...
STEVE REED
Reed says councils should not be offering 'full-time pay for part-time work'
By Dan Peters | 22 December 2025
Local authorities should not be offering full-time pay for part-time work, communities secretary ...
FINANCE
Tax referendum cap lifted for six councils
By Martin Ford | 17 December 2025
The council tax referendum cap will be temporarily removed for six authorities, the Government ha...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
A year to remember...
By Martin Ford | 17 December 2025
A devolution priority programme combined with a wider council reorganisation that could be seen f...
FINANCE
Council tax prison call
By Dan Peters | 11 December 2025
England should follow Scotland and Wales in scrapping the sanction of imprisonment for non-paymen...
COUNCIL TAX
Tackling the debt tightrope
By Emily Whitford | 11 December 2025
Council tax arrears have continued to rise, says Emily Whitford. She argues that it’s time for a ...
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