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Corridors of Power: Councils putting up charges

05 March 2014

Dick Jones, public sector advisor at the Treasury, is enjoying a pint in the Red Lion with Centra...

Sawford raises high Costa living

05 March 2014

As a worried world watches Crimea, it’s good to see that there’s still enough media froth to reas...

Speed read

05 March 2014

Think of all the things that you could have done in the time it has taken you to read this unnece...

Mystery solved

05 March 2014

Local government is awash with conspiracy theories, unexplained happenings and mysteries that wou...

FINANCE

Leading the charge

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 March 2014

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has called for the current council tax system to be replaced with ...

FINANCE

Open books for accountability, CBI urges government suppliers

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2014

Spending watchdogs should audit government contracts with private sector firms, CBI recommends to...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rethink landbanking problem, BPF tells Lyons

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2014

Labour's ambitious plan for 200,000 new homes to be built a year by 2020 will need all housing te...

FINANCE

Overhaul business rates, MPs urge

By Jonathan Werran | 04 March 2014

MPs on BIS committee demand fundamental reform of the current system of business rates, which is ...

FINANCE

CIPFA survey shows tax hike highest in south east

By Heather Jameson | 04 March 2014

Councils in the south east have the largest hike in council tax in England, according to the annu...

BUSINESS

Serco profits plunge

By Michael Burton | 04 March 2014

Troubled outsourcing firm Serco saw its profit before tax plunge by 62% after paying out penaltie...