Professor George Jones, a passionate advocate of local government and long-term contributor to Th...
Council tax and business rates in Scotland should be devolved in full to local authorities, a thi...
Town halls and experts have kicked back at sweeping proposals urging ministers to impose new devo...
We are trying to pay for public services with a tax system based on property and full-time employ...
Bob Neill examines the details of the chancellor’s Budget and looks at why local government needs...
Regional government has been subject to ‘endless tinkering’ which has damaged effective devolutio...
Michael Burton warns revaluation raises wider questions as to whether the current incentive to in...
Councils on the cusp of redistribution thresholds after 100% business rates retention could be di...
MPs have called for separate government reviews of local enterprise partnerships (LEP) and the bu...
The Government must logically now look at localising a much wider range of tax along with busines...
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