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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA ramps up Housing Bill attack

By Sam Clayden | 03 March 2016

Council leaders have ramped up their efforts to lobby Whitehall on the Housing and Planning Bill ...

FINANCE

Councils plan to charge extra council tax for second homes

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 March 2016

Councils in Wales have unveiled plans to start charging additional council tax for second homes.

FINANCE

House proud

By Clive Skidmore | 01 March 2016

Birmingham City Council is blazing a trail for local authorities with its successful housing trus...

WHITEHALL

Cross-party resistance grows over housing policy

By Tom Bridge | 01 March 2016

Opposition is mounting over government plans for starter homes, as a poll reveals cross-party res...

FINANCE

New chief at West Lancashire BC amid management shake-up

By Thomas Bridge | 29 February 2016

A management team shake-up at West Lancashire BC is set to save the council more than £104,000 a ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Council forms partnership to protect jobs

By MJ reporter | 26 February 2016

Scotland’s biggest council has secured a £2.7bn partnership that will protect jobs for the next 3...

HEALTH

Swinney confirms £10.3bn settlement

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 February 2016

The Scottish deputy first minister, John Swinney, has confirmed the details of the overall fundin...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

All come to look for America

By Lawrence Conway | 25 February 2016

What is the future of districts? Lawrence Conway learns lessons from the US on cutting edge appro...

FINANCE

Fast-track planning 'good news for cash-strapped councils'

By Jamie Hailstone | 23 February 2016

Developers have hailed plans to fast-track planning applications as good news for cash-strapped c...

FINANCE

Theory of everything

By Tracie Evans | 23 February 2016

How can councils better prepare themselves to deal with the impact of welfare reform? Tracie Evan...

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