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WHITEHALL
Councils resisting call to use reserves
By Sam Clayden | 13 January 2016
A leading finance expert has attacked government suggestions that the four-year settlement means ...
FINANCE
Dawes: Councils will be able to set legal budgets
By Sam Clayden | 12 January 2016
The Department for Communities and Local Government's (DCLG) permanent secretary has said she exp...
WHITEHALL
DCLG has done 'no thinking' on rates retention details
By Sam Clayden | 08 January 2016
A prominent government finance figure has admitted the Department of Communities and Local Govern...
FINANCE
Labour calls for VAT and income tax devolution
By Sam Clayden | 08 January 2016
The shadow local government minister has revealed Labour policy for radical fiscal devolution, in...
FINANCE
Social care precept will 'tie authorities in knots'
By Sam Clayden | 07 January 2016
The 2% social care tax precept will create unnecessary bureaucracy, a respected finance director ...
FINANCE
LGA: 475k homes approved by councils still unfinished
By Thomas Bridge | 07 January 2016
Almost 500,000 homes have been granted planning permission by councils but are yet to be built, r...
FINANCE
Four-year settlement is 'pain today and jam tomorrow'
By Sam Clayden | 06 January 2016
A prominent council treasurer has insisted the ‘U’ shape of the four-year local government settle...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Clark: four-year deal should spark reserves raids
By Sam Clayden | 06 January 2016
Communities secretary Greg Clark has suggested that the four-year settlement offered to authoriti...
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Chief executive praised despite inadequate rating
By Dan Peters | 05 January 2016
Children’s services at Torbay Council have been graded inadequate by Ofsted in a report published...
FINANCE
Leaders call for child refugee scheme
By Sam Clayden | 22 December 2015
Council leaders have called on Whitehall to commission a ‘properly funded’ national initiative to...
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