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FINANCE
Districts remain in dark on funding
By Martin Ford | 09 January 2026
Funding certainty lingers on for finance chiefs in district councils, despite the publication of the provisional local government finance settlement.
FINANCE
Business rates U-turn warning
By Martin Ford | 08 January 2026
A retreat over changes to business rates could impact on the Local Government Finance Settlement,...
FINANCE
Warning of 'strong action' against reckless spending
By Martin Ford | 08 January 2026
Suggestions that the Local Government Finance Settlement could disincentivise sound management of...
COUNCIL TAX
BCP asks Government to raise tax referendum cap
By Martin Ford | 05 January 2026
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has approached the Government over increasing i...
DEVOLUTION
Call for devolved capital budgets
By Martin Ford | 19 December 2025
A revised Green Book will not be a panacea for shifting investment outside south-east England, a ...
REGENERATION
Pride in Place: Policymakers must learn from the past
By Sarah Patrice | 19 December 2025
Lessons from previous regeneration programmes must not be lost as local authorities gear up for n...
FINANCE
Real-terms funding cuts for almost half of councils
By Martin Ford | 18 December 2025
Almost half of councils will see funding fall in real terms under the local government finance se...
POVERTY
Moving closer to provision everywhere that genuinely prevents child poverty
By Jon Rowney | 18 December 2025
Jon Rowney says that while the difference the Budget will make in terms of scrapping the two-chil...
FINANCE
Tax referendum cap lifted for six councils
By Martin Ford | 17 December 2025
The council tax referendum cap will be temporarily removed for six authorities, the Government ha...
ASYLUM
Providing new homes for asylum seekers while tackling the wider housing emergency
By Tim Naor Hilton | 15 December 2025
If done correctly, a new system for housing people seeking asylum would bring fundamental benefit...
APSE
APSE's annual polling generates good and bad news for councils
By Mo Baines | 11 December 2025
Highlights from APSE’s major annual Survation poll has found a divergence of views amongst the pu...
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