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WHITEHALL
Budget business rates bolt from blue 'spooks' sector
By Heather Jameson | 22 March 2016
Local government has been ‘spooked’ by the chancellor’s business rate changes despite Whitehall c...
FINANCE
Bang for your buck
By Bob Neill | 22 March 2016
Devolution of business rates are on the horizon. Bob Neill says this is now an ideal time for loc...
WHITEHALL
Rate relief compensation 'nigh on impossible'
By Sam Clayden | 18 March 2016
The Government’s plans to reimburse local government for raising the threshold for small business...
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...
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