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FINANCE
MPs call for urgent finance reforms
By Heather Jameson | 19 July 2021
Councils should be given more flexibility to raise their own taxes and social care funding urgent...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
The top national job, that's more local than you think
By Heather Jameson | 23 June 2021
Heather Jameson asks: 'Who would want to be Prime Minister when it is the local government issues...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Councils are owed certainty on funding
By Meg Hillier | 16 June 2021
The Public Accounts Committee has published its fifth annual report. Chair Meg Hillier says there...
FINANCE
The financial hole is not as deep as it looks
By Rob Whiteman | 16 June 2021
We can say with confidence that the hole councils are in is not as deep as it looks, says Rob Whi...
PLANNING
Call for holiday homes clampdown
By Martin Ford | 08 June 2021
Council leaders in Wales are asking for new powers and stricter taxation on holiday lets.
FINANCE
Council tax collection deficit hits £500m
By Martin Ford | 27 May 2021
Councils will need ‘additional help from taxpayers’ to balance their books, the Chartered Institu...
COUNCIL TAX
The Homeshare Model: simultaneously impacting housing and social care
By Amanda Clarke | 22 April 2021
The Homeshare model has a valuable impact on housing and social care, including supporting older ...
BUSINESS RATES
Scotland 'should grasp nettle' of council tax reform
By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021
Holyrood should go further in overhauling taxation, research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies ...
COUNCIL TAX
Think-tank calls for reform of 'regressive' council tax in Scotland
By Laura Sharman | 12 April 2021
Council tax in Scotland should be increased to the same levels as the rest of the UK, a think-tan...
FINANCE
Bucket list for fixing council finances
By Martin Reeves | 08 April 2021
Co-designing a truly sustainable finance system for councils for the long-term ‘won’t be quick an...
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