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FINANCE
Greens call for council tax and business rates reform
By Dan Peters | 22 February 2018
Co-convener of the Scottish Greens, Patrick Harvie, has called for a replacement of the current s...
WHITEHALL
Hotel levy talks over Commonwealth Games
By Dan Peters | 16 February 2018
Talks between Birmingham City Council and the Government over how the Commonwealth Games will be ...
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...
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