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FINANCE

Court date set for councils' £2bn tax dispute with NHS trusts

By Naomi Larsson | 08 July 2019

A court date has been set for the long-running legal dispute between councils and NHS trusts over...

FINANCE

Confidence collapses as statutory services face meltdown

By Mark Conrad | 05 July 2019

Research by LGA reveals councils will struggle to meet legal obligations within three years.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Non-metropolitan councils need the power to tackle barriers to growth

By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2019

The Post-Brexit England Commission’s final report has set out a prospectus to Government of ‘tang...

CLIMATE CHANGE

The clock is ticking on the push for devolution

By Heather Jameson | 03 July 2019

There will be little bandwidth for local government policy in the coming months, says Heather Jam...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

More joined up approach is needed from central Government to tackle county lines

By Ann McGauran | 03 July 2019

Central Government departments work in silos on tackling serious violence and county lines and ne...

FINANCE

Adult social care – one year on

By Ian Hudspeth | 03 July 2019

Cllr Ian Hudspeth expands on the LGA’s proposals for the long-awaited Green Paper on adult social...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Bringing in the changes

By Mark Lloyd | 03 July 2019

If the Government fails to adequately fund local government there is a real risk to the future f...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Conquering housing's many complexities

By Martin Tett | 03 July 2019

Cllr Martin Tett highlights how the LGA is working for councils to be given the powers and fundin...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Banging on the Treasury's door

By Bob Neill | 03 July 2019

The whole sector needs to get behind MHCLG to ensure it punches above its weight and ‘has the clo...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Time for a UK-wide debate on tourism levies

By Cllr Judith Blake | 03 July 2019

Cities south of the border including Birmingham have plans to consider tourism levies. Cllr Judit...

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