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POLITICS
Call for greater clarity on new towns
By Joe Lepper | 29 April 2025
Ministers need to be clearer about the Government’s new towns agenda, peers have heard.
COUNCIL TAX
Valuation Office Agency to be axed
By Martin Ford | 29 April 2025
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA), the body responsible for setting council tax and business rate...
PAY
Employers' warning over wage pressures as unions consider offer
By Dan Peters | 28 April 2025
Wage pressures are contributing to the local government funding gap of £1.9bn in 2025-26, council...
ENVIRONMENT
Carbon tax could cost councils billions
By Dan Peters | 25 April 2025
Councils have called for reform of a planned tax on burning plastic.
FINANCE
'Slow' improvement progress at Nottingham
By Dan Peters | 25 April 2025
Progress towards highly effective financial management capability at Nottingham City Council has ...
WHITEHALL
Geography of power: Relocating Whitehall to the regions
By David Werran | 24 April 2025
The political and economic case for an exodus from Whitehall to regional hubs is compelling and c...
WHITEHALL
What radical reform looks like
By Professor John Denham | 24 April 2025
There are practical and radical ways to change the way England is governed and make better use of...
DEVOLUTION
Demand for civil service reform in devolution plans
By Paul Marinko | 24 April 2025
A former Labour communities secretary has hit out at the Government’s failure to include civil se...
ANGELA RAYNER
EXCLUSIVE: Rayner drops Brum inquiry plan
By Emily Twinch | 09 April 2025
Angela Rayner has dropped government plans for a statutory inquiry that would have investigated L...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA updates business plan amid reorganisation shake-up
By Dan Peters | 09 April 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) is working on a new business plan as mayors increasingly r...
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