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BUSINESS RATES
Councils hit with burden of creating rates relief schemes
By Dan Peters | 17 May 2017
District councils are having to come up with separate discretionary business rates relief schemes...
ELECTIONS
Electoral administrators 'close to quitting' as they feel the strain
By Dan Peters | 17 May 2017
Electoral administrators are under severe strain as they prepare for a snap General Election just...
HOUSING
Four out of five sign up to tackle benefit fraud and errors
By Dan Peters | 17 May 2017
More than four out of five councils have signed up to the Government’s new initiative to tackle h...
WELFARE
UC rollout fuels fears of more delays and rent arrears
By Dan Peters | 17 May 2017
The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) planned rollout of Universal Credit (UC) ‘risks exace...
BUSINESS
Council pension scheme position improves
By Mark Conrad | 16 May 2017
The giant Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is now 85.3% funded according to its latest valu...
FINANCE
Electoral teams under 'severe strain'
By Dan Peters | 16 May 2017
Electoral administrators are under severe strain as they prepare for a snap General Election just...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
DCLG cuts sector-led improvement grant
By Dan Peters | 16 May 2017
The Department for Communities and Local Government will provide a £21m grant for sector-led impr...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
CSE still 'massive challenge'
By Mark Conrad | 16 May 2017
Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is still a ‘massive’ challenge for councils and should not be tre...
FINANCE
Tories reveal local government approach in manifesto
By Dan Peters | 16 May 2017
The Conservatives have revealed a raft of policies on social care, business rates, devolution, ho...
HOUSING
Tories pledge new council housing
By Hiba Mahamadi | 15 May 2017
The Conservatives have pledged to build ‘thousands’ of council houses over the course of the next...
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