Articles by MJ Correspondent
CCN's Cunningham steps down
By MJ Correspondent | 03 July 2014
The director of the County Councils Network (CCN) has announced that she is retiring.
Emergency support cut risks undermining Universal Credit
By MJ Correspondent | 03 July 2014
A ‘deeply disappointing’ government plan to withdraw emergency support risks harming vulnerable p...
Lewis launches defence of high-level chief executive salaries
By MJ Correspondent | 25 June 2014
Local government minister Brandon Lewis has said councils should not be afraid of paying a good c...
Charities rebuffed over business rates
By MJ Correspondent | 25 June 2014
The Government has ‘no plans’ to scrap business rate relief for charities despite calls from coun...
Enfield teams with Agilisys to recoup council tax debts
By MJ Correspondent | 25 June 2014
A pilot payment-by-results project hopes to collect Enfield LBC’s historic council tax debt previ...
LGA launches preventative spending guide
By MJ Correspondent | 25 June 2014
Councils can steer away from the path predicted by the Graph of Doom by following a new guide on ...
Treasury on defensive as questions grow over PF2
By MJ Correspondent | 25 June 2014
MPs have suggested that the Government’s replacement for the beleaguered Private Finance Initiati...
A place of greater safety
By MJ Correspondent | 24 June 2014
Dan Peters speaks with Waltham Forest LBC chief executive Martin Esom on the greater role local a...
Pension fund helps small businesses
By MJ Correspondent | 20 June 2014
One of the UK’s largest local government pension funds has agreed to provide up to £40m of financ...
'Unloved' secondary property market outperforming primary
By MJ Correspondent | 20 June 2014
‘Unloved’ secondary properties could offer local authorities better income-generating opportuniti...
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