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More than 80% of MPs say business rates 'not fit for purpose'

By Heather Jameson | 01 July 2014

More than 80% of MP’s believe business rates are ‘not fit for purpose and in need of fundamental ...

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Commission tells Tower Hamlets to heed polling advice

By Jonathan Werran | 01 July 2014

Voting watchdog urges Tower Hamlets LBC to put its electoral arrangements in order - as Pickles e...

Unite members to join mass walkout

By Jonathan Werran | 30 June 2014

Trade union Unite becomes the third trade union representing town hall staff to join the mass wal...

Lewis derides LGA £5.8bn funding gap claims as 'alarmist'

By Jonathan Werran | 30 June 2014

Local government minister Brandon Lewis dismisses council chiefs' calculations of £5.8bn funding ...

Miliband pledges devolution revolution

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 June 2014

Labour leader Ed Miliband has pledged to reverse a ‘century of centralisation’ with more devoluti...

GMB to join 10 July mass walkout

By Jonathan Werran | 27 June 2014

Members of trade union join Unison in rejecting council bosses' 1% pay offer to join 10 July day ...

Local authorities get adoption funding boost

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 June 2014

Ten councils around the country are to get a £2m boost to help adopted children settle into new h...

MSPs want new commission to review council tax replacement

By Jonathan Werran | 27 June 2014

The Scottish Government should establish an independent commission to consider alternatives to co...

Welsh Government warns of cuts to come

By Jamie Hailstone | 27 June 2014

Welsh council chiefs told to prepare for cuts of up to 4.5% next year.

NAO: benefit fraud and error 'unacceptably high'

By Jonathan Werran | 27 June 2014

Fraud and error accounts for 2% of £164bn welfare spend, but slight dip recorded following abolit...