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WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Rate relief delay expected
By Dan Peters | 31 January 2020
Changes to business rates reliefs that the Government wants to make from April will not be introd...
FINANCE
Welcome to the twenties
By Jonathan Carr-West | 28 January 2020
The new Government is rhetorically placing itself as a radical one that will move fast, says Dr ...
HOUSING
Districts need more certainty on funding
By Simone Hines | 28 January 2020
We need a better idea of proposals and transitional arrangements on New Homes Bonus and business ...
FINANCE
Deputy hits out at 'flawed' business rates system
By Dan Peters | 23 January 2020
Cannock Chase DC has expressed disappointment in the way Amazon-style warehouses are treated unde...
FINANCE
Councils losing £250m a year through business rates avoidance
By Dan Peters | 17 January 2020
Councils are losing £250m a year due to businesses avoiding paying their rates, new research has ...
FINANCE
Scottish Government resists business rates devolution plan
By Dan Peters | 16 January 2020
Public finance minister Kate Forbes has hit out at opposition proposals to devolve control of bus...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Government prepares for new rate reliefs
By Dan Peters | 14 January 2020
The Government has started to prepare the ground for the introduction of new business rate relief...
FINANCE
Business rates retention pilots come under fire
By Martin Ford | 08 January 2020
Piloting of business rates retention has been criticised by local government treasurers.
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: 100% business rates retention could be back on agenda
By Dan Peters | 07 January 2020
Full retention of business rates could shoot back up the agenda as part of a long-awaited Governm...
FINANCE
NHS business rates claim rejected by High Court
By Martin Ford | 12 December 2019
Councils have successfully defended a claim for billions of pounds of tax relief for NHS trusts.
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