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FINANCE
Tories split as Pickles fights for 1% referendum cap
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014
Local authorities are facing a Christmas headache if Eric Pickles wins an internal party row to s...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Details of Scottish local government finance settlement announced
By Jamie Hailstone | 12 December 2014
The Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced a free school meal programme, as part o...
FINANCE
Chiefs attack tax referendums
By Jonathan Werran | 10 December 2014
Council chiefs have attacked the coalition’s plans to set thresholds for council tax referendums ...
FINANCE
A job half done and a truth half told
By Rob Whiteman | 08 December 2014
Chief executive officer of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Rob Whitema...
FINANCE
Ministers signpost fifth year of council tax freeze
By Jonathan Werran | 08 December 2014
Communities secretary Eric Pickles is set to offer local authorities cash to freeze council tax l...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A worrying trend towards self-sufficiency
By Frances Foster | 05 December 2014
Treasurer of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, Frances Foster, on the unfairne...
FINANCE
'Colossal' local government spending cuts to come
By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2014
Unprotected areas of public spending – including local government budgets - face ‘cuts on a colo...
FINANCE
Raise police precept to save services
By MJ reporter | 03 December 2014
Surrey’s police and crime commissioner has said he plans to introduce a referendum-triggering 24%...
HEALTH
It's time for council leaders to step up to the plate
By Jim McMahon | 02 December 2014
It’s likely to be another tough week for local government leaders as the chancellor prepares to u...
FINANCE
Council collection rates under scrutiny
By Jonathan Werran | 25 November 2014
A spending watchdog has urged local authorities to improve efforts to recoup more than £4.5bn in ...
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