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BUSINESS RATES
Council U-turns on second homes tax hike
By Martin Ford | 30 November 2021
Conwy CBC is the latest authority in Wales to struggle with its approach to reining in the number...
FINANCE
Rates revenue shoots up
By Michael Burton | 19 November 2021
Business rates revenue shot up by more than 40% last month compared to the previous year as the e...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Will funding land next month to help levelling up?
By Paul O’Brien | 17 November 2021
Councils will await with interest December’s annual financial settlement to see where funding lan...
FINANCE
Can we have both levelling up and devo?
By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2021
Levelling up local government finance needs a more centralised system of funding, says Heather Ja...
FINANCE
Doubt over future of 75% rates retention under Gove
By Paul Marinko | 09 November 2021
New local government secretary Michael Gove has indicated that 75% business rates retention could...
SOCIAL CARE
A bounce back Budget
By Bob Neill | 02 November 2021
We got spending – and lots of it – in the Budget, yet its contents reflected conflict within the ...
SOCIAL CARE
A mixed fiscal bag for councils
By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2021
Isn't it ironic that a chancellor devoted to low taxes has funded a bonanza Budget through taxes ...
HOUSING
The power of quiet diplomacy
By Martin Ford | 20 October 2021
Outgoing chair of the District Councils’ Network, Cllr John Fuller, talks to Martin Ford about hi...
BUSINESS RATES
It is teamwork that makes the dream work
By Joanne Pitt | 20 October 2021
The Government would be wise to do all it can to de-escalate tensions with councils over funding,...
FINANCE
Raising council tax is a 'threat' not an opportunity, says Whiteman
12 October 2021
Government plans to give councils the option to raise council feels more like a ‘threat’ than an ...
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- Exclusive: Councils must be made an equal partner in designing a national care system, says Casey
- Casey urged to consider potential of LATCos for social care
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