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WHITEHALL

Sunak steps up pressure on peer challenge

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2018

New local government minister Rishi Sunak has said Whitehall is 'very keen' that every council ho...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Business rates cannot fund public health, committee told

By Hiba Mahamadi | 06 February 2018

It doesn’t make sense to ease councils’ funding pressures using business rates alone because the ...

BUSINESS RATES

Stormont criticised for proposal to cut £20m in rates support

By William Eichler | 30 January 2018

Northern Ireland local authority leaders have criticised an ‘anti-investment’ proposal to cut nea...

FINANCE

Sunak clears confusion on 100% rates retention

By Hiba Mahamadi | 29 January 2018

New local government minister Rishi Sunak has affirmed the Government’s commitment to introducing...

WHITEHALL

Councils benefit from business rates haul

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2018

Two councils have raked in three times more than they expected after using £125,820 of government...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Government knew provisional settlement was wrong

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2018

Whitehall officials rushed out the provisional local government finance settlement days before Ch...

FINANCE

Government pacifies rejected pilot bid areas

By Dan Peters | 19 January 2018

The Government has insisted there was nothing wrong with the unsuccessful business rates pilot bi...

BUSINESS RATES

London Councils maintains it wants 100% retention in face of government claim

By Hiba Mahamadi | 17 January 2018

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) belief that councils do not w...

BUSINESS RATES

We're not going to do your work for you, Government tells councils on Grenfell

By Hiba Mahamadi | 16 January 2018

Local authorities should not expect the Government to do their work for them to make buildings sa...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

100% retention pilots 'misleading'

By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2018

Smith Square’s top officials have labelled the 100% business rate pilots ‘misleading’ for failing...

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