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BUSINESS RATES
Essex councils clash over business rates retention pilot
By Martin Ford | 18 September 2018
A bid by Essex’s local authorities to pilot a business rates retention project worth up to £20m c...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Highland Council appoints Donna Manson as chief executive
By Martin Ford | 18 September 2018
Donna Manson has been announced as the new chief executive of Highland Council.
FINANCE
Cash-strapped county faces £94m funding gap
By Heather Jameson | 18 September 2018
Surrey CC faces a funding gap of £94m by March 2021 unless it takes drastic action to change its ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Welsh councils call for ring-fenced preventative funding
By Laura Sharman | 18 September 2018
A new preventative fund should be created in Wales to help ease the strain on children’s services...
REORGANISATION
Torbay to create town councils to increase income
By Martin Ford | 17 September 2018
A new tier of government could be created in Torbay to raise more funds and ease financial pressu...
FINANCE
Brum to implement bin strike deal
By Mark Conrad | 17 September 2018
Beleaguered Birmingham City Council is finally expected to implement the deal that ended an acrim...
BUSINESS
Councils facing Microsoft price hike
By Dan Peters | 17 September 2018
Some councils are facing Microsoft price increases of up to 100%, The MJ understands.
WHITEHALL
LGA in last-ditch warning over rule changes
By Dan Peters | 14 September 2018
Smith Square has warned that planned accounting rule changes could force councils to unnecessaril...
AUDIT
What do traffic jams, hopscotch and skyscrapers have in common?
By Martin Ford | 14 September 2018
Diary considers itself something of a connoisseur when it comes to audit reports, but recently fo...
SCOTLAND
COSLA increases pay offer to unions
By Martin Ford | 14 September 2018
A new pay offer has been put forward by councils in Scotland in a bid to avert industrial action.
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