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FINANCE

Business rate as an income base requires more thought

By Michael Burton | 28 June 2017

local government needs to be realistic about the feasibility of relying on business rate for its ...

FINANCE

Dawn Baxendale: Chiefs have lost their public service raison d'être

By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2017

Dawn Baxendale speaks to Sam Clayden about how Southampton City Council – and local government as...

FINANCE

Local Government Finance Bill: A big let-down for the sector

By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2017

With a parliamentary agenda lacking much in terms of legislation for the next two years aside fro...

FINANCE

Where next for local government financial reform?

By David Phillips | 26 June 2017

With the falling of the Local Government Finance Bill, the IFS's David Phillips assesses where th...

WHITEHALL

Austerity must be eased

By Heather Jameson | 21 June 2017

Heather Jameson says that without the return of business rates or a solution to the social care c...

HEALTH

100% business rates retention legislation dropped

By Dan Peters | 21 June 2017

The Local Government Finance Bill has been dropped from the legislative programme, leaving plans ...

FINANCE

Scots committee hit out at nursery business rates

By Hiba Mahamadi | 21 June 2017

A Scottish parliamentary committee will write to local authorities and the Scottish Government ab...

FINANCE

Little substance predicted from Queen's Speech

By Heather Jameson | 21 June 2017

The Queen’s Speech is set to have Brexit at its heart but not much else, according to predictions...

FINANCE

How will Brexit affect local economies?

By Michael Burton | 21 June 2017

As the Government begins the tortuous negotiations for Brexit, local authorities are concerned ab...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Lower-tier councils pull out of Sheffield devolution deal

By Dan Peters | 14 June 2017

Bassetlaw DC has become the second lower-tier council to back away from participation in the Shef...

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