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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Trust plummets further from Westminster, study finds

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Trust in Westminster politicians plummets the further you live from London, research published to...

Making the leap into municipal bonds

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Developed through the Local Government Association as a means of reducing councils’ capital finan...

New scheme to 'reduce burdens' proposed

By Dan Peters | 07 July 2015

The Law Commission has launched a consultation today on a new scheme designed to reduce ‘unnecess...