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FINANCE

Welsh councils face tipping point, warns auditor

By Jamie Hailstone | 02 April 2015

Councils in Wales are facing a ‘tipping point’ and need to improve their financial management, a ...

WHITEHALL

Fewer authorities freeze council tax

By Jonathan Werran | 31 March 2015

Ten fewer English councils accepted cash inducements to freeze council tax in 2015/16 than in th...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Welcome to the 'Severn powerhouse'

30 March 2015

Bristol, Cardiff and Newport councils have joined together to form the ‘Great Western Cities’ and...

HEALTH

Budget 2015: West Yorkshire 'disappointed' by devolution deal

By Dan Peters | 18 March 2015

Chancellor George Osborne confirmed an agreement on a ‘new City Deal’ with the West Yorkshire com...

DEVOLUTION

Voluntary mergers 'not likely'

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 March 2015

The Welsh public services minister has conceded that voluntary mergers are unlikely to happen as ...

FINANCE

Welsh council tax to rise by 4%

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2015

Local authorities in Wales will have £100m more funding in 2015/16 than their counterparts in Eng...

FINANCE

COSLA hits back at criticism over council borrowing levels

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

The main body representing Scottish councils has defended local authorities’ record levels of deb...

DEVOLUTION

Constitution could enshrine fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 09 March 2015

Fiscal devolution to local government in England could be enshrined under a proposed UK written c...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall's 'disappointing' lack of trust for regional devolution

By MJ reporter | 03 March 2015

Chair of the communities and local government Committee, Clive Betts, has branded ‘disappointin...

ENVIRONMENT

Welsh Assembly given incentive to devolve income tax

By Jonathan Werran | 27 February 2015

Prime minister David Cameron has hailed today’s St David’s Day agreement as ‘one of the biggest t...

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