Articles by Sam Clayden
Councils resisting call to use reserves
By Sam Clayden | 13 January 2016
A leading finance expert has attacked government suggestions that the four-year settlement means ...
Why it's time to speak with a single voice
By Sam Clayden | 12 January 2016
As respected academic Colin Copus launched a Councillor Commission, De Montfort University’s Loca...
Dawes: Councils will be able to set legal budgets
By Sam Clayden | 12 January 2016
The Department for Communities and Local Government's (DCLG) permanent secretary has said she exp...
Report: LGPS rapidly running out of cash
By Sam Clayden | 11 January 2016
The local government pension scheme (LGPS) is rapidly running out of cash to pay for pensions, a ...
DCLG has done 'no thinking' on rates retention details
By Sam Clayden | 08 January 2016
A prominent government finance figure has admitted the Department of Communities and Local Govern...
Labour calls for VAT and income tax devolution
By Sam Clayden | 08 January 2016
The shadow local government minister has revealed Labour policy for radical fiscal devolution, in...
Social care precept will 'tie authorities in knots'
By Sam Clayden | 07 January 2016
The 2% social care tax precept will create unnecessary bureaucracy, a respected finance director ...
Four-year settlement is 'pain today and jam tomorrow'
By Sam Clayden | 06 January 2016
A prominent council treasurer has insisted the ‘U’ shape of the four-year local government settle...
Clark: four-year deal should spark reserves raids
By Sam Clayden | 06 January 2016
Communities secretary Greg Clark has suggested that the four-year settlement offered to authoriti...
District leaders rip into rates appeal proposals
By Sam Clayden | 05 January 2016
District council leaders have urged the Government to radically reduce the proposed three-year ti...
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