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FINANCE
Spending Review: Sector braces itself for further squeeze
By Heather Jameson | 25 November 2015
Local government is bracing itself for a further squeeze on its budgets when the chancellor annou...
HEALTH
Porter's senior pay comments jar with LGA view
By Dan Peters | 23 November 2015
Local Government Association (LGA) chairman Lord Porter has criticised the six-figure salaries pa...
FINANCE
Whitehall slammed over reserves figures
By Sam Clayden | 19 November 2015
Whitehall has faced a backlash from council leaders, the Local Government Association (LGA) and f...
FINANCE
Something to build on
By Eddie Gibson | 19 November 2015
Eddie Gibson talks through plans for ‘a complete reversal of the commercial DNA in the public sec...
FINANCE
Keep up the caring, sharing approach
By Cllr Roy Perry | 19 November 2015
With numbers of children being placed for adoption dwindling,Cllr Roy Perry says councils must co...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Sector split emerges over business rates
By Heather Jameson | 17 November 2015
Council leaders are divided over George Osborne’s flagship policy to devolve business rates – as ...
FINANCE
Finance experts urge councils to boost reserves despite cuts
By Sam Clayden | 17 November 2015
Councils should be boosting their reserves despite cuts, leading finance experts told the County ...
FINANCE
Chiefs call for £1bn to fill pensions 'black hole'
17 November 2015
Town hall chiefs have called on chancellor George Osborne to fill the £1bn black hole in funding ...
WHITEHALL
Right to Buy risks 'fracturing' relationships' at local level
17 November 2015
MPs have heard that relations between local authorities and housing associations have been ‘damag...
WHITEHALL
Speculation grows over future of council tax
By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2015
A two-tier system of council tax capping could send a lifeline to councils struggling to hit thei...
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