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90% 'very dissatisfied' with VOA rates appeals system
By Chris Mahony | 09 August 2017
Nearly 90% of people appealing against their business rate levels are unhappy with the Valuation ...
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No movement on rates has councils in a lather
By Dan Peters | 02 August 2017
Councils have reacted with anger after the Government refused to allow them to move £300m of busi...
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New billing deadline issued amid business rates relief 'chaos'
By Mark Conrad | 26 July 2017
Local government minister Marcus Jones has given a new deadline for councils to rebill firms that...
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Rates relief row heats up
By Mark Conrad | 19 July 2017
The row over the slow distribution of business rates relief intensified this week, when London Co...
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Government thinking is the missing piece to finance reform
By Norma Atlay | 19 July 2017
In her last column as president of the Society of District Council Treasurers, Norma Atlay says m...
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CIPFA conference: Councils will be at back of queue
By Dan Peters | 12 July 2017
Councils will be at the back of the public sector queue for additional funding, a senior local go...
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Austerity fears grow amid business rates uncertainty
By Jonathan Werran | 12 July 2017
Continued ‘major uncertainty’ over the Government’s business rates retention plans is forcing fin...
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Gwynne: Stop talking down councils and councillors
By Hiba Mahamadi | 06 July 2017
Local authorities need to be given back decision-making powers, the shadow communities secretary ...
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Councils in business rates information 'black hole'
By Dan Peters | 05 July 2017
Councils that use Civica software may not be able to provide business rates relief promised by th...
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Queen's Speech leaves fiscal plans in question
By Mark Conrad | 28 June 2017
Whitehall officials are assessing how councils could control a greater share of local income with...
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