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FINANCE

Calls for northern Devon combined authority rejected

By Dan Peters | 14 July 2015

Calls have been made for a combined authority covering northern Devon.

WHITEHALL

Funds shortage could put planning reforms at risk

By Dan Peters | 10 July 2015

Government planning reforms could be put at risk by the ‘severe shortage of funds’ within local a...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Summer Budget: Government will be 'bold' in building Northern Powerhouse

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Chancellor George Osborne has pledged to ‘put the power into the Northern Powerhouse’ as he annou...

FINANCE

Local government pension funds pool £10bn assets

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

The decision by two of the largest local government pension funds to pool £10bn assets is expecte...

'Make confusing RSG more transparent'

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Fresh calls have been made for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to incr...

HEALTH

Calls for Better Care Fund certainty

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Calls have been made to expand the size and scope of the Better Care Fund (BCF) as uncertainty th...

FINANCE

Clark pledges to look at major event licensing

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Communities secretary Greg Clark has promised to look at lifting the cap on licensing fees for la...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Watchdog hits out at LGA's position on sector-led work

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Concerns about the Local Government Association’s (LGA) current system of sector-led improvement ...

WHITEHALL

Funding cuts risk to devolution, warns NAO

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Government funding cuts could make it difficult for local areas to manage devolved funding effect...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Report shows where taxes are raised

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Local authorities keep an average of just 9p of every £1 generated locally in taxes, with the res...

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