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WHITEHALL

Capital rates pilot a 'big risk' to sector

By Dan Peters | 13 July 2016

London Councils is pushing ahead with plans for the capital to retain all of its income from busi...

FINANCE

Fear for councils over business rates appeals

By Dan Peters | 13 July 2016

The risk of losing business rates appeals needs to be held at a national level, a senior local go...

WHITEHALL

'Change attitude to risk,' says CIPFA

By Tom Bridge | 13 July 2016

It would be ‘unacceptable’ if local government shied away from taking risks on commercial activit...

Housing benefit claims make authorities overspend their funding allocations

By Tom Bridge | 13 July 2016

More than 120 councils have overspent their government funding allocation to support the housing ...

LEGAL

Handover is 'danger to county'

By Dan Peters | 13 July 2016

Proposals to hand over some council services in Chesterfield to a Sheffield city region mayor cou...

FINANCE

£3m shortfall forces councils to consider merging

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 July 2016

Two district councils in Somerset are facing a combined budget shortfall of more than £3m by 2020...

WHITEHALL

Poor standards 'nail in coffin' for education policy

By Sam Clayden | 13 July 2016

Two reports revealing poor standards in many of the largest multi-academy trusts (MATs) should be...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall refusal to publish grant details a 'scandal'

By Dan Peters | 13 July 2016

A ‘pungent whiff of scandal’ surrounds the Government’s refusal to publish key details about how ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Leeds chief to chair Core Cities UK

By Heather Jameson | 13 July 2016

The leader of Leeds City Council is the new chair of Core Cities UK, it has been announced.

WHITEHALL

Funding fears over Whitehall devo strategy

By Thomas Bridge | 13 July 2016

Whitehall has been warned it is ‘building failure’ into devolution unless it provides more fundin...