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FINANCE

LGA faces financial headache

By Chris Mahony | 25 January 2019

Smith Square has acknowledged the financial challenges it faces as it freezes subscriptions while...

WHITEHALL

LGA backs deprivation in fair funding row

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2019

The Local Government Association (LGA) has broken its silence to back the importance of deprivati...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: No-deal Brexit funding call

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2019

Smith Square has pushed Marsham Street to provide funding for councils to implement their no-deal...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Auditors bid to explain real cause of difference in councils' spend on kids

By Chris Mahony | 23 January 2019

A nine-fold variation in spending on children’s social care could largely be down to ‘differences...

FINANCE

Balancing children's outcomes

By Ann McGauran | 23 January 2019

As pressures on children’s services budgets rise, London boroughs battle with balancing the books...

WHITEHALL

Monitoring officer review call

By Dan Peters | 22 January 2019

The organisation representing legal and governance council officers is to push for a Government r...

WHITEHALL

Charities attack mental capacity reforms

By Chris Mahony | 22 January 2019

Liberty and 11 disability groups led by Mind have attacked the Government’s bill aimed at reformi...

BUSINESS

LGA backs audit fee freeze despite pressure

By Dan Peters | 21 January 2019

Smith Square has backed holding external audit fees for local government at a lower level despite...

FINANCE

Council faces independent inquiry call

By Dan Peters | 18 January 2019

King’s Lynn & West Norfolk BC’s is facing calls for an independent inquiry into its partnership w...

WHITEHALL

LGA to build case for tourism tax

By Dan Peters | 18 January 2019

Smith Square is to commission further research as it looks to build a ‘very strong case’ for a to...

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