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FINANCE

Finance settlement offers no lifeline to the struggling sector

By Heather Jameson | 19 December 2017

Sajid Javid may have offered enough to potential Tory rebel MPs, but the funding crisis in local ...

FINANCE

Council tax increase limit raised by Javid

By Dan Peters | 19 December 2017

Councils will be allowed to increase their core council tax by up to 3% in 2018/19 without a refe...

FINANCE

Auditor warning ahead of deadline change

By Dan Peters | 19 December 2017

Auditors have warned against complacency after ‘disappointing’ results showed an increasing numbe...

FINANCE

Pension fund venture snaps up stake in water firm

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2017

An infrastructure investment joint venture involving five local government pension funds has agre...

FINANCE

Lifting the council tax cap is just passing the buck

By Heather Jameson | 18 December 2017

The finance settlement could remove the council tax raising cap, but this would hardly be a win f...

FINANCE

Scots Budget reveals plan to increase income tax bands

By Heather Jameson | 14 December 2017

The Scottish Government has unveiled a draft budget which raises income tax in a bid to raise an ...

FINANCE

GMPF 'confident of major investments'

By Victor Smart | 14 December 2017

The £45bn Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) remains confident that local authority pension f...

FINANCE

Bid to lower age for pension enrolment

By Victor Smart | 14 December 2017

Cllr Kieran Quinn, chairman of Greater Manchester Pension Fund, has encouraged the Government to ...

WHITEHALL

Pressure growing on DCLG as Fair Funding wait goes on

By Mark Conrad | 14 December 2017

Ahead of next week’s finance settlement, local government has been warned it faces a longer-than-...

FINANCE

Fasten your seatbelts it's going to be a bumpy ride!

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2017

Heather Jameson leads us through the events of another roller-coaster year.

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