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Pre-Budget report offers cold comfort for councils

28 November 2008

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s ‘recession-busting’ pre-budget report is far from a giveaway for ca...

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Pre-Budget Report: Bichard to head efficiency review

27 November 2008

Sir Michael Bichard, former chief executive of Brent LBC, will oversee local government’s contrib...

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Cash clawback blame for DWP

20 November 2008

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Pension fund falls £2bn and could drop further

19 November 2008

The value of the Local Government Pension Scheme fell by £2bn in 2007/08, but the global banking ...

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Further delays for councils' frozen Iceland cash

19 November 2008

Councils with £800m frozen in Icelandic bank accounts face continued uncertainty before discoveri...

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Aberdeen faces up to £25m more cuts

19 November 2008

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Direct landlord payments see rise in housing benefit claimants

19 November 2008

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Money Matters

19 November 2008

I want to focus on a couple of really annoying issues this month. The first is petty FoI requests...

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Local government pension costs soar

13 November 2008

The cost of staff pensions at town halls has soared by 20% over the past three years.

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Flood victims win tax break

13 November 2008

Over 1,500 flood-hit families will receive assistance with their council tax bills, after the Gov...