COUNCIL TAX
What's the recovery position?
By Martin Ford | 27 July 2020
The chancellor has opened the door to a less generous funding settlement for public services, but...
BUSINESS RATES
It's time for a serious, adult conversation on future funding
14 July 2020
While the Government is right to caution against councils overexposing themselves on commercial i...
FINANCE
Think tank calls for sweeping reforms to local taxes
06 July 2020
A group of former Treasury special advisers have called for revaluation of the council tax and re...
WHITEHALL
Jenrick announces more cash, income compensation and tax delay
By Dan Peters | 02 July 2020
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced more cash and new ways councils will be r...
SOCIAL CARE
Counties could be forced to issue Section 114 notices this year
By Tom Foster | 22 June 2020
If predictions in Grant Thornton's report on county finances fall anywhere close to the actual fi...
FINANCE
Thurrock braced for coronavirus costs
By Martin Ford | 04 June 2020
Thurrock BC is expecting financial pressures next year to further increase, as it struggles to ba...
COUNCIL TAX
Let's look out for our residents
By Deven Ghelani | 02 June 2020
As the lockdown reduces it has never been more important for councils to proactively identify and...
COUNCIL TAX
Funding the long road to recovery
By Anthony May | 02 June 2020
The County Councils Network has set the 'income guarantee' that is crucially needed to address lo...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: No bail outs for commercial investments
By Heather Jameson | 22 May 2020
Plans to bail out councils struggling with their finances could vary between authorities - but th...
FINANCE
Road to disaster?
By Judith Blake | 20 May 2020
With a huge proportion of income vanishing almost overnight, there is the very real possibility t...
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