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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

More grant funding, not devolved tax powers, will support levelling up

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 31 August 2022

Sir Stephen Houghton says fiscal devolution is not a ‘levelling up’ silver bullet – and a new ref...

BUSINESS RATES

Get ready for the next crisis

By Michael Burton | 17 August 2022

During the pandemic, local government stepped up to the plate despite initial scepticism from Whi...

BUSINESS RATES

We need commitment over funding reform timetables

09 August 2022

Tracy Bingham hopes the two-year funding settlement will still happen - 'but we need to know what...

BUSINESS RATES

Polling backs councils' fiscal devolution call

By Mark Conrad | 08 August 2022

Ministers should devolve fiscal powers to councils to boost the UK’s economic recovery, South Eas...

HEALTH

Inflation's impact is far-reaching

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 26 July 2022

Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen says that for district councils 'to remain prudent, painful decisions will...

SOCIAL CARE

A tale of two factions

By Martin Ford | 26 July 2022

As the Tory leadership candidates start setting out their campaign policies, how much are they re...

HOUSING

Deprivation should be the cornerstone of council funding

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 21 July 2022

The Fair Funding Review presents a huge opportunity to get ‘levelling up’ back on track, says Cll...

FINANCE

A model answer to funding questions

By David Phillips | 29 June 2022

The IFS-CIPFA Local Government Finance Model is intended to help councils with their medium-to- l...

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

Queen's Speech: 'levelling up' let down

By Sir Stephen Houghton | 25 May 2022

Sir Stephen Houghton says we must not see blame being levelled on those areas who are not able to...

BUSINESS RATES

The first steps towards fixing a damaged system?

By Heather Jameson | 11 May 2022

Local government will still be left to pick up the pieces of the cost of living crisis that the Q...

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