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Market forces

By Simon Parker | 07 April 2011

Councils may be under pressure to contract out services but they still expect to support the loca...

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On the cutting edge

By Dermott Calpin | 07 April 2011

As the new financial year starts, the toughest settlement for a generation has left councils faci...

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Spending on infrastructure 'key to UK's economic prosperity'

07 April 2011

Continued infrastructure investment and tax increment financing (TIF) could be crucial to unlocki...

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Worries linger over Iceland bank ruling

By James Evison | 07 April 2011

Priority status to councils with cash tied up in two failed Icelandic banks could still be challe...

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Audit plans 'could hit council finances'

By Dermott Calpin | 07 April 2011

Audit Commission chairman, Michael O’Higgins, has warned that new government audit plans are like...

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Fees hit headlines

06 April 2011

Council chiefs in Scotland have hit the headlines over their fees for acting as returning officer...

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Money Matters

06 April 2011

Speaking at a conference last week, it struck me what a transformation local government may face ...

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CIPFA Cymru Wales names first president

06 April 2011

Steven O’Donoghue has been elected as president of Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Acco...

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Business rate move is 'ultimate in localism'

By Heather Jameson | 05 April 2011

Plans to re-localise the business rates have been described as the ‘ultimate expression of locali...

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The long arm of the law

By Heather Jameson | 05 April 2011

There are some remarkable similarities between local government and the police, Sir Hugh Orde exp...