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HEALTH
MPs: Lack of fiscal devo is 'nonsensical'
By Heather Jameson | 03 February 2016
Devolving power without fiscal devolution is ‘utterly nonsensical,’ a new House of Commons report...
FINANCE
Prove you can deliver on devolution
By Heather Jameson | 03 February 2016
Today's CLG Select Committee report on devolution is spot on, says Heather Jameson, but shows jus...
WHITEHALL
Committee mulling over 100% business rates retention plans
By MJ reporter | 03 February 2016
Local government finance experts have briefed MPs on the potential impact of proposals to allow c...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Clark: DCLG will be devo partner not promulgator
By Sam Clayden | 26 January 2016
As the sector moves towards a world of greater local powers, the Department for Communities and L...
FINANCE
One moment in time
19 January 2016
We’ve all heard the old proverb that a stopped clock is right twice a day.
FINANCE
Dawes: Councils will be able to set legal budgets
By Sam Clayden | 12 January 2016
The Department for Communities and Local Government's (DCLG) permanent secretary has said she exp...
WHITEHALL
Call for more oversight over local government finance
By Dan Peters | 12 January 2016
Concerns have been raised with a group of MPs about the lack of ‘independent comprehensive oversi...
WHITEHALL
Crackdown on trade boycott is 'anti-localist'
By Sam Clayden | 04 January 2016
Stripping councils of the right to boycott trade with organisations or countries on ethical groun...
FINANCE
Committee unlikely to publish LOBO report
By Dan Peters | 18 December 2015
The communities and local government (CLG) committee’s inquiry into controversial Lender Option B...
WHITEHALL
Rates retention scrutinised
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2015
The impact of 100% business rates retention on English council finances will be examined in a new...
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