WHITEHALL

MHCLG will not recover £36m overpayments

By Dan Peters | 15 May 2018

Millions of pounds overpaid to local authorities by the Government will not be recovered, Marsham...

FINANCE

Brexit warning for Middlesbrough

By Mike Yuille | 10 May 2018

Senior Middlesbrough councillors have been warned that the potential economic damage arising from...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum: LGA to push for place-based EU funding replacement

By Dan Peters | 27 April 2018

The Local Government Association (LGA) will push for a place-based replacement for EU funding aft...

HEALTH

Future Forum: Councils to face more legal challenges from NHS

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2018

Health bosses are likely to launch more legal challenges in the future as funding pressures conti...

FINANCE

Sector backs MPs' business rates call

By Mike Yuille | 24 April 2018

Local government bodies have thrown their support behind a call by MPs for retained business rate...

BUSINESS RATES

Reckless is more

23 April 2018

Diary has been known to indulge in some reckless behaviour now and again.

WHITEHALL

Government backtrack over staircase tax

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2018

The Government has appeared to backtrack on a commitment to ‘fully compensate’ the sector for the...

FINANCE

Placing faith in the pilots

By Neil Amin-Smith | 17 April 2018

From this month, a second wave of pilots have started 100% rates retention. Neil Amin-Smith and ...

FINANCE

The funding system must prevent unsustainable funding and misaligned incentives

17 April 2018

Richard Flinton on the Association of County Chief Executives submission to the fairer funding co...

FINANCE

Government announces business rates review

By Hiba Mahamadi | 12 April 2018

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has announced a review of the business rates system will be led...