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Give authorities powers to increase tax on long-term empty homes

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

Giving local authorities the power to increase tax on empty homes could raise as much as £215m a ...

Council defends transparency around chief executive pay-off

By Dan Peters | 05 January 2015

Rother DC has defended the transparency surrounding changes to its senior management structure af...

Councils clash over Merseyside elected mayor

By Dan Peters | 02 January 2015

Members of the Liverpool City Region combined authority are at loggerheads over whether they shou...

Councils blame cuts for rise in 15-minute visits

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2014

The number of councils in England commissioning 15-minute homecare visits has risen in the past y...

Six dead after council bin lorry mounts pavement

By Dan Peters | 22 December 2014

Six people have died and seven people have been seriously injured after a council bin lorry mount...

Councils praised after latest Troubled Families announcement

By Dan Peters | 22 December 2014

Councils have had payments-by-results made for over two-thirds of their troubled families, the Go...

2% referendum threshold but welfare fund axed

By Dan Peters | 18 December 2014

Local authorities will be allowed to raise council tax by up to 2% in 2015/16, local government m...

Improvement cash could be up for grabs

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2014

The budget for improvement services could be opened up to the private sector, as exclusively reve...

New Homes Bonus has 'some way to go'

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2014

The New Homes Bonus has ‘some way to go before it can reach its full potential to impact on attit...

Pickles announces ex-council chief Caller as Tower Hamlets commissioner

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2014

Former council chief executive Max Caller has been announced as one of the commissioners who will...