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FINANCE
Budget 2016: Business rates blow for local government
By Heather Jameson | 16 March 2016
Local government faced a further potential blow to its finances in the Budget with the news that ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Budget 2016: New mayors as 'devolution revolution takes hold'
By Dan Peters | 16 March 2016
New elected mayors for English counties and southern cities have been announced by chancellor Geo...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Weak link between localism and economic growth
By Dr Paul Greenhalgh | 16 March 2016
When business rate retention was first introduced in 2013 it had two underlying policy objectives...
BUSINESS
The road less travelled
By Heather Jameson | 15 March 2016
As local government hits a crossroads, Heather Jameson talks to councillor David Hodge about the ...
FINANCE
LGA seeks rates distribution deal
By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for an exploration of sub-national distribution...
BUSINESS
Fewer services for more council tax
By Paul Dossett | 14 March 2016
Head of local government at Grant Thornton UK, Paul Dossett, looks at what the sector can expect ...
WHITEHALL
Councils sign up to social care precept
By Jamie Hailstone | 11 March 2016
Most local authorities in England have taken advantage of the Government’s new social care precep...
BUSINESS
Council's land sale will create 2,800 new homes
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 March 2016
Telford & Wrekin Council is to sell off land owned by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in a...
FINANCE
'Financial failure' under spotlight in second probe
By Dan Peters | 08 March 2016
The future financial sustainability of councils will be thrust back into the spotlight after the ...
HEALTH
Fears over 'unintended results' of rate retention
By Dan Peters | 08 March 2016
Local government has called for assurances that the sector will not be heavily hit by appeals und...
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