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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

SIGOMA: Detach business rates from council finance system

By Dan Peters | 01 July 2024

FINANCE

The next government will have to fix the broken finance system

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 June 2024

The manifestos contained a welcome agreement on multi-year settlements, but big questions remain ...

WHITEHALL

LGA backs regeneration funding campaign

By Martin Ford | 10 June 2024

A campaign to persuade the Treasury to change tack on regeneration funding is gaining momentum.

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

Vicious cycle curbs prevention

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 21 May 2024

The significant variation across the country in the rates of children in care highlights the impo...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A Faer Point

By Martin Tucker | 15 May 2024

There are fewer levers for council leaders to pull in their areas. Visible services are reduced a...

FINANCE

Sort out housing through invest-to-save

By Tracy Bingham | 07 May 2024

As the sector's macro financial dilemma becomes more widely and better understood, so too should ...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

Budget leaves councils in peril

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 08 March 2024

Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton says many will highlight that cuts in local government spending mean th...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

The impact of ending the Household Support Fund would be disastrous

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 28 February 2024

The Household Support Fund is a crucial way for councils to help residents with the costs of livi...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

What are the chances of a Budget boost?

By Heather Jameson | 27 February 2024

New SIGOMA analysis highlights the huge decline in funding in recent years and the sector despera...

FINANCE

Councils face new era of austerity

By Martin Ford | 27 February 2024

Local government could be left to shoulder the burden of public sector cuts in a new age of auste...