FINANCE
Council shuns bitcoin suggestion
By Dan Peters | 03 January 2019
Walsall MBC has shunned a suggestion from its local Conservative MP for residents to be allowed t...
FINANCE
Rotherham to raise council tax on empty homes
By John Cooper | 18 December 2018
Rotherham MBC’s cabinet has agreed to changes which mean homes left vacant for more than 10 years...
WHITEHALL
Finance settlement: Government floats commercialisation crackdown
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2018
Whitehall is considering a crackdown on councils that excessively borrow for commercial reasons a...
FINANCE
Councils to take £200m hit under Scottish budget proposals
By Martin Ford | 13 December 2018
A row has broken out over local government funding in the Scottish Government’s proposed budget.
WHITEHALL
Social care Green Paper delayed again amid Westminster turmoil
By Dan Peters | 12 December 2018
Turmoil in Westminster has piled further uncertainty onto local government, with the social care ...
FINANCE
We need to talk about finance
By Piali Das Gupta | 12 December 2018
Piali Das Gupta wants central Government, caught up with Brexit, to start paying attention to the...
FINANCE
Council tax hikes across the board in Scotland
By Mike Yuille | 29 November 2018
All 32 Scottish councils have increased their council tax charges during 2018, as part of a strat...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Brokenshire: We need to raise our game and get London building
By Dan Peters | 17 November 2018
Housing secretary James Brokenshire has criticised London boroughs after statistics showed a ‘mix...
COUNCIL TAX
Reform council tax or lose our support, Greens tell SNP
By Hiba Mahamadi | 22 October 2018
Without any progress on council tax reform the Greens will vote down the upcoming Scottish budget...
WHITEHALL
SOLACE Summit: Dawes rejects NHS cash grab idea
By Dan Peters | 19 October 2018
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) top civil servant has encoura...
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