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FINANCE

Goodbye 2016 and hello to another turbulent year

By Heather Jameson | 13 December 2016

Heather Jameson looks back on one difficult year for local government and forward to another.

HEALTH

'Whitehall's failure to end trusts' charity claims wastes cash and harms health'

By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2016

Ministers’ failure to end a long-running legal dispute between NHS trusts and councils is wasting...

WHITEHALL

Councils upbeat about defeating trusts' demands for rates relief

By Sam Clayden | 06 December 2016

Councils are quietly confident of defeating NHS trusts’ claim for mandatory business rates relief...

FINANCE

100% rates retention branded 'irrelevant'

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016

Returning business rates to the sector is ‘irrelevant,’ two members of the Layfield Commission on...

WHITEHALL

DCLG rates rethink leaves LEPs in limbo

By Dan Peters | 06 December 2016

The Government could row back from plans to give business members on local enterprise partnership...

FINANCE

Future Forum North: 'Devolution deals may not be for whole country'

By Dan Peters | 03 December 2016

Local Government Association chief executive Mark Lloyd has publicly accepted for the first time ...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: Call to 'grab attendance allowance'

02 December 2016

Several chief executives have called on local government to seize powers over attendance allowanc...

WHITEHALL

Future Forum North: 'Absolute prize' is fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2016

Liverpool City Council’s chief executive Ged Fitzgerald has urged his colleagues to remember the ...

WHITEHALL

The rates challenge

By Heather Jameson | 29 November 2016

The black hole facing upper-tier councils this week appeared to grow further after fresh figures ...

FINANCE

The quest for financial resilience

By Peter Moore | 29 November 2016

In the face of increasing uncertainty for council treasurers, Peter Moore stresses the importance...

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Technology & Customer Experience

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