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FINANCE
Osborne gives councils business rates - but plans to take grant
By Heather Jameson | 05 October 2015
Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to hand business rates over to local authority cont...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Trickett: Devolution tied to spending cuts doesn't work
By Dan Peters | 15 September 2015
The new shadow communities secretary Jon Trickett has argued that ‘devolution tied to spending cu...
WHITEHALL
Capital's prosperity dependent on devolution
By Dan Peters | 10 September 2015
London’s future prosperity depends on more powers being devolved to the boroughs, mayor and assem...
BUSINESS
West Somerset 'teetering on the edge'
By Thomas Bridge | 09 September 2015
A council on the road to recovery after being deemed ‘not viable’ by the Local Government Associa...
FINANCE
Savings plans to be ripped up
By Dan Peters | 07 September 2015
Councils are being forced to change their savings plans as their funding predictions change and s...
HEALTH
Councils submit bids as Devolution Day arrives
By Dan Peters | 04 September 2015
Councils around the country have submitted devolution bids to meet the Treasury’s deadline.
WHITEHALL
Challenge made to DCLG business rates figures
By Heather Jameson | 03 September 2015
Figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) wildly over-estima...
FINANCE
Demands issued in return for mayor
By Dan Peters | 21 August 2015
Tough-talking West Midlands councils have told government they will only accept an elected mayor ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Local government is missing important trick
By Mark Rogers | 18 August 2015
Mark Rogers says devolution has pitched council against council and LEP against LEP while central...
FINANCE
We can help government drive efficiencies
By Paul Carter | 12 August 2015
As budgets reduce and pressures build, we must re-calibrate funding to meet demand as efficiently...
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