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FINANCE
IPPR calls for new 'proportional' property charge to replace council tax
By Paul Marinko | 20 September 2021
The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called for a new ‘proportional’ property tax t...
PLANNING
Districts hit back at think tank planning proposals
By Dan Peters | 16 September 2021
District councils have hit back at a think-tank’s call for the Government to transfer planning po...
DIGITAL
Bridging the great divide
By Erica Roscoe | 01 September 2021
What can be done to reduce the digital divide? Erica Roscoe looks at recent research centred on E...
PLANNING
Councils 'resistant' to repurposing empty commercial space
By William Eichler | 20 July 2021
A think-tank has accused local authorities of being ‘resistant’ to measures that could see empty ...
FINANCE
Social care reform depends on market overhaul
By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021
Social care reform will ‘fail’ without addressing weaknesses in the provider market, a think-tank...
COUNCIL TAX
Think-tank calls for reform of 'regressive' council tax in Scotland
By Laura Sharman | 12 April 2021
Council tax in Scotland should be increased to the same levels as the rest of the UK, a think-tan...
DEVOLUTION
Public backs more city devolution
By Laura Sharman | 09 April 2021
More than eight in 10 people support more devolution to England’s largest cities, a new poll has ...
FINANCE
Budget should give more cash to councils, claims IFS
By Michael Burton | 16 February 2021
Next month’s Budget should allocate more funding for local government, health and education while...
INFRASTRUCTURE
Think-tank launches levelling up Big Bang theory
By Michael Burton | 15 February 2021
The Government should launch a Northern Big Bang to ‘unleash a torrent of investment into the Nor...
FINANCE
Councils face £1.3bn shortfall on council tax, says IFS
By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2021
Councils face a £1.3bn shortfall in the council tax they were expecting for 2020/21, finance thin...
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