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Fears for future of welfare safety net as council spend drops
By Thomas Bridge | 12 January 2016
Mounting numbers of councils are abolishing discretionary local welfare support, as MPs warn of a...
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Dawes: Councils will be able to set legal budgets
By Sam Clayden | 12 January 2016
The Department for Communities and Local Government's (DCLG) permanent secretary has said she exp...
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Call for more oversight over local government finance
By Dan Peters | 12 January 2016
Concerns have been raised with a group of MPs about the lack of ‘independent comprehensive oversi...
WHITEHALL
Ex-Brum chief steps down from HMRC
By Heather Jameson | 12 January 2016
Former Birmingham City Council chief executive, Lin Homer, has announced she will step down from ...
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Council spending freezes 'prove system works'
By Heather Jameson | 11 January 2016
Issuing a freeze on council spending should not be a sign of failure for a local authority, accor...
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Watchdog warns 'difficult to overstate' Birmingham's financial challenge
By Thomas Bridge | 11 January 2016
Ministers have been warned it is ‘difficult to overstate’ the financial challenge facing Birmingh...
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Report: LGPS rapidly running out of cash
By Sam Clayden | 11 January 2016
The local government pension scheme (LGPS) is rapidly running out of cash to pay for pensions, a ...
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DCLG has done 'no thinking' on rates retention details
By Sam Clayden | 08 January 2016
A prominent government finance figure has admitted the Department of Communities and Local Govern...
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Councils better debt collectors than HMRC and DWP
By Thomas Bridge | 08 January 2016
Councils are treating people better than central government when chasing debt, according to suppo...
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'Alarmed' Tory leader pens letter to Cameron
By Dan Peters | 08 January 2016
A Tory council leader has launched a blistering attack on the ‘poorly handled’ local government f...
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- Conservatives pledge ban on council four-day work weeks
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