BUSINESS

LGA calls for end to rates loophole

By Laura Sharman | 21 September 2016

Councils are being forced to write off millions of pounds in unpaid business rates due to a legal...

May puts whole Government behind Northern Powerhouse

By Chris Ames | 21 September 2016

The prime minister has promised to put the 'whole machinery of government’ behind the Northern Po...

DEVOLUTION

Mayoral hopeful Burnham calls for Powerhouse pledge

By Heather Jameson | 21 September 2016

The Government should ‘deepen its commitment to the Northern Powerhouse, not abandon it’ as part ...

FINANCE

Brexit poses 'severe' risk to care sector

By William Eichler | 21 September 2016

Care services could be at risk as Brexit fuels uncertainty about the status of tens of thousands ...

FINANCE

Homecare group quits sector over fall in fees

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 September 2016

The not-for-profit group Housing & Care 21 has blamed falling local authority fees for its decisi...

FINANCE

'Cut council tax discounts to raise £3m revenue'

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 September 2016

Local authorities could generate up to £3m extra revenue if Scottish government plans to remove t...

FINANCE

Authority to save cash with new PFI deal

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 September 2016

Cambridgeshire CC is looking to renegotiate a 27-year PFI agreement with Amey in a bid to save th...

HEALTH

Burnham: Hand care to NHS

By Heather Jameson | 21 September 2016

The ‘only answer’ to the problems facing adult social care is to bring care services into the NHS...

HUMOUR

Meet your new councillor

21 September 2016

Wannabe councillors considering how to get themselves elected might like to consider the strange ...

HUMOUR

Brutal, iconic heritage

21 September 2016

Half a century ago the opening of Buckinghamshire CC’s new County Hall was met with heavy criticism.