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WHITEHALL
Budget business rates bolt from blue 'spooks' sector
By Heather Jameson | 22 March 2016
Local government has been ‘spooked’ by the chancellor’s business rate changes despite Whitehall c...
WHITEHALL
Growth deals slammed over lack of transparency
By Sam Clayden | 22 March 2016
Communities secretary Greg Clark invited local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to apply for a slic...
FINANCE
Council tax set to rise 14%
By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016
Council tax will rise by 14% in real terms by 2020/21, official forecasts have suggested.
WHITEHALL
Home help?
By Sam Clayden | 15 March 2016
As the highly contentious Housing and Planning Bill ploughs through Parliament, Lords, experts, l...
WHITEHALL
Public fury spills out over Housing Bill
By Sam Clayden | 15 March 2016
Opposition to the Government’s controversial Housing and Planning Bill continued to mount this we...
HEALTH
Future of devolution difficult to predict
By Andrew Walker | 15 March 2016
Andrew Walker, policy researcher for the Local Government Information Unit think-tank, looks at t...
WHITEHALL
Cumbria devolution deal unlikely after stand-off
By Dan Peters | 14 March 2016
A devolution deal announcement for Cumbria in this week’s Budget looks unlikely after local leade...
WHITEHALL
Councils sign up to social care precept
By Jamie Hailstone | 11 March 2016
Most local authorities in England have taken advantage of the Government’s new social care precep...
FINANCE
'Financial failure' under spotlight in second probe
By Dan Peters | 08 March 2016
The future financial sustainability of councils will be thrust back into the spotlight after the ...
FINANCE
Objections to 'unethical' investment plans
By Dan Peters | 08 March 2016
Investment of public sector pensions should not turn a ‘blind eye to horrific human rights abuses...
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