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Budget: Council tax surcharge to 'support funding for local government services'
BUDGET 2025

Budget: Council tax surcharge to 'support funding for local government services'

By Dan Peters | 26 November 2025

Revenue from the high value council tax surcharge will be used to ‘support funding for local government services’, Budget documents have confirmed.

BUDGET 2025

Budget: Government to fund SEND

By Heather Jameson | 26 November 2025

Government will fully fund Special Educational Needs and Disabilities from 2028-29, cutting one o...

KEY CITIES

Councils are at breaking point and social care should be made a priority

By Cllr Mike Stonard | 24 November 2025

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, Key Cities portfolio holder for health and social care Cllr Mike Ston...

AUTUMN BUDGET

Boulevard of broken Budget dreams

By Jonathan Werran | 20 November 2025

Has the chancellor reached the end of the road? Jonathan Werran argues that financial redistribut...

COUNCIL TAX

A Budget eye on council tax

By Paul Marinko | 19 November 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering council tax reform in her upcoming Budget – a move that c...

AUTUMN BUDGET

Councils must speak out on increasing tax-raising powers

By Rob Whiteman CBE | 19 November 2025

As Rob Whiteman spells out local government’s three Budget priorities, he makes it clear: council...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Charity warning over fair funding proposals

By Dan Peters | 19 November 2025

Proposals around council tax in the fair funding review will ‘further penalise’ already-strugglin...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Alexander urges Scottish Government to devolve to councils

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2025

The Scottish Government must devolve funding and powers to local authorities to secure a ‘decent ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reeves urged to raise higher council tax bands

By Dan Peters | 14 November 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves should increase rates on higher council tax bands to raise just under £4...

S114

West and North Northamptonshire deserve equivalent debt forgiveness to Surrey

By Cllr Mark Arnull | 06 November 2025

Cllr Mark Arnull explains why the Government must extend equivalent debt forgiveness to West and ...

FINANCE

Putting the sector in the Budget driving seat: The Budget councils deserve

By Simon Christian | 06 November 2025

Simon Christian says that while a Budget that reflects councils’ responsibilities and the urgency...

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