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How to cut council tax and improve services

By Nicholas Botterill | 10 December 2013

This week Hammersmith and Fulham LBC proposed another 3% cut to our council tax bill.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

What price independent living?

By Deborah Stephenson | 10 December 2013

Unpredictable approach of local authorities to applying bedroom tax is a cause of concern, write...

FINANCE

Adult social care top of council agendas

By Tim Byles | 09 December 2013

The When I was One quote neatly sums up the instinctive feeling of many.

The passing of a giant

09 December 2013

We must use headroom given by Autumn Statement

By Jeremy Cooper | 09 December 2013

Local government must use brief breathing space to innovate ahead of deeper funding cuts, writes ...

'Beautiful irony in NAO report'

By Heather Jameson | 05 December 2013

There is a beautiful irony in the report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on troubled familie...

FINANCE

Investing in good governance

By Mark Rogers | 04 December 2013

As Lord Heseltine advocates scrapping chief executives, Mark Rogers claims good governance only c...

Inside View: Council tax referendums could be shot in the arm for localism

By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2013

Tomorrow’s Autumn Statement will confirm whether the £600m free school meals plan is, in fact, a ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Autumn Statement: Early Christmas presents or more of the same?

By Alexandra Jones | 04 December 2013

Centre for Cities chief Alexandra Jones reads the runes for local growth ahead of the Autumn Stat...

FINANCE

District View by David Buckle

By David Buckle | 04 December 2013

DCEN chair explains districts are trapped between excitement of innovation and fear of being igno...