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BUSINESS
MPs say 'no' to rates levy spend for housing
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2017
MPs have rejected calls to allow the infrastructure levy to be spent on housing under 100% busine...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Gearing up cities for the uncertainty ahead
By Alexandra Jones | 14 February 2017
Local leaders can still help prepare their places for the uncertainty ahead by investing to impro...
WHITEHALL
LGA raps discount lending plan
By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017
Current Whitehall plans to offer £1bn of discounted lending to councils would have a ‘positive bu...
FINANCE
100% rates retention on its way as Bill receives second reading
By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2017
Legislation that will pave the way for 100% business rates retention passed its second reading in...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The shifting sands of local government pension schemes
By Rob Whiteman | 18 January 2017
Rob Whiteman looks at the challenges ahead for local government pension schemes as government ref...
WHITEHALL
Pension fund pooling approved
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2017
The eight prospective local government pension pools for England and Wales have all been approved...
WHITEHALL
Fund reclassification would put infrastructure investment at risk
By Laura Sharman | 06 January 2017
The proposed reclassification of local authority pension funds as retail investors would put infr...
FINANCE
Regenerating rundown communities
By Colin Crooks | 03 January 2017
The Government's plan to invest in rundown estates provides a prime opportunity for councils to i...
WHITEHALL
DCLG rates rethink leaves LEPs in limbo
By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016
The Government could row back from plans to give business members on local enterprise partnership...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: 70% want Whitehall to spend more on local services
By James Evison | 29 November 2016
More than 70% of voters think government should spend more on local services, according to a new ...
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