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FINANCE
Medway habits must change, officers warn
By Dan Peters | 04 June 2019
Medway Council’s ‘reliance on windfalls’ is unsustainable after increased income from local taxat...
PLANNING
Labour report calls for radical tax and planning reforms
By Martin Ford | 04 June 2019
Replacing council tax and business rates are among the radical policies proposed in a report comm...
WHITEHALL
Dawes orders review of review after ministry makes same error again
By Dan Peters | 03 June 2019
The Government may have to pay out up to £15m to councils after it made yet another error in its ...
FINANCE
Legal row could drag on for two years
By Dan Peters | 31 May 2019
A row between councils and supermarkets over business rates charged on cash machines could be tie...
FINANCE
Scottish councils need more power - think-tank
By Hiba Mahamadi | 28 May 2019
Scottish local government needs a ‘renewal,’ a think tank has urged, with directly elected mayors...
WHITEHALL
£3m hit for sector threat after British Steel blow
By Dan Peters | 24 May 2019
Local government finances could receive a £2.8m business rates hit after British Steel was forced...
FINANCE
Ministers need to be mindful of the poll tax debacle
By Michael Burton | 22 May 2019
That an 'apparently esoteric' local government finance issue could bring down a powerful Prime Mi...
BUSINESS
Experts call for revenue-boosting internet tax
By Hiba Mahamadi | 21 May 2019
Green credits and an internet transaction tax could provide valuable new revenue streams for loca...
WHITEHALL
Business rates relief control call
By Dan Peters | 20 May 2019
District councils have called for full control over the business rates relief that is awarded in ...
WHITEHALL
Fresh call for business rates avoidance action
By Dan Peters | 20 May 2019
The Local Government Association (LGA) has made a fresh call for ministers to tackle business rat...
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