ECONOMIC GROWTH
Budget 2023: The austerity elephant
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 17 March 2023
Forced cutbacks and savings from councils over the next few years risk outweighing the new regene...
FINANCE
Scots see council tax hikes of up to 10%
By Heather Jameson | 15 March 2023
Most local authorities in Scotland have raised their council tax by around five percent, after an...
COUNCIL TAX
An agent of change
By Dan Peters | 14 March 2023
Unitarisation was a positive thing for Buckinghamshire, says chief executive Rachael Shimmin. Dan...
FINANCE
Croydon approves 15% tax hike
By Dan Peters | 09 March 2023
Croydon LBC has approved a 15% council tax increase as part of a 2023-24 budget that was original...
WHITEHALL
Charting the lost decade
By Michael Burton | 01 March 2023
Economist Paul Johnson pulls no punches in his new book on the public finances which charts Gover...
FINANCE
Council tax freeze is down to prudent financial management
By Cllr David Shelvey | 28 February 2023
Years of prudent financial management have enabled Central Bedfordshire Council to balance the bo...
FINANCE
Woking warns of possible section 114
By William Eichler | 22 February 2023
Woking BC has warned it is ‘in the territory’ of issuing a section 114 as it struggles with more ...
FINANCE
Council in £540m debt write off plea
By Dan Peters | 17 February 2023
Croydon LBC has asked Government to write off £540m of its debt in 2023-24 to ‘restore financial ...
FINANCE
Auditor sounded alarm over BCP budget
By Martin Ford | 15 February 2023
Grave warnings were issued about 11th hour changes to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) C...
FINANCE
Let's extend tax freedoms to all authorities
15 February 2023
If we reward failing councils with extra flexibility to raise council tax, why can’t well-run cou...
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