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FINANCE

Councils need more cash for crisis, says Whiteman

By Heather Jameson | 28 April 2020

Local government finance needs a bigger quantum, finance chief Rob Whiteman told MPs this week.

SOCIAL CARE

Councils must urgently allocate funding to social care providers, report warns

By Laura Sharman | 28 April 2020

Funding given to local authorities to deal with the coronavirus crisis must urgently get through ...

WHITEHALL

Budget deficit has soared amid pandemic says ONS

By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2020

Britain’s budget deficit has soared due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic – but figures...

FINANCE

Crisis has exposed council finances, Whiteman tells MPs

By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2020

The coronavirus crisis has exposed just how far public services have been cut, finance expert Rob...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Unions hit back as employers seek to end pay talks

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2020

Trade unions have hit back at local government employers’ attempts to close down talks on pay.

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Government blocks release of coronavirus modelling

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2020

The Cabinet Office is understood to be blocking the release of key data on expected coronavirus i...

HUMOUR

Districts deliver the lion's share of council services

27 April 2020

The District Councils’ Network (DCN) famously boasts about their members delivering 86 out of 137...

HUMOUR

Staying home with the stars

27 April 2020

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council appears to have been first out of the block with what c...

WHITEHALL

Councils need another £12.8bn to cope with coronavirus - LGA

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2020

Councils may need up to another £12.8bn from the Government to get through the coronavirus crisis...

BUSINESS

Districts warn of council tax and business rates hit

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2020

Some district councils are forecasting an overall reduction of 10% in council tax and business ra...

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