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BUSINESS RATES
Local government settlement shows Government is not in listening mode
By Ian Miller | 09 February 2021
It is clear from the final local government settlement that the Government did not pay attention ...
BUSINESS RATES
There is no better time to sort out funding
By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021
Heather Jameson says it will take a wholesale rethink of local government funding – and a social ...
FINANCE
Treasury asks for business rates pause
By Martin Ford | 03 February 2021
The Treasury has asked councils to delay sending out business rates bills until after the Budget,...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Business rates are past their sell-by date
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 25 January 2021
Business rates are an unsustainable way to fund local government, argues chair of SIGOMA Cllr Si...
BUSINESS RATES
Taxation tribulations for a post-COVID nation
By Heather Jameson | 20 January 2021
Last weekend was the turn of policy ideas on council tax and stamp duty to be run anonymously in ...
WHITEHALL
Treasury in property tax rethink
By Heather Jameson | 18 January 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is believed to be rethinking property taxes – including council tax and bu...
WHITEHALL
MP launches Bill to scrap business rates
By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2021
Business rates should be abolished in a bid to save high street shops, an MP has claimed.
FINANCE
Our new beginning is here – let's not make a meal of it
By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2021
There are some major hurdles ahead, says Heather Jameson. 'Government’s quick fixes – to raise co...
FINANCE
The answers cannot wait for long
By John O’Brien | 12 January 2021
If local government is to play the vital role required in the recovery of places and communities,...
WHITEHALL
Uncertainty over rates rebate risk
By Dan Peters | 08 January 2021
More uncertainty has been heaped on councils after it emerged they could be hit by a £481m busine...
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