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BUSINESS RATES
NI councils handed powers to vary taxes
By Heather Jameson | 15 February 2021
New legislation at Stormont will allow councils in Northern Ireland to vary the rate of council t...
SOCIAL CARE
MPs attack 'broken' council funding
By Martin Ford | 11 February 2021
The Government has promised reform of the system of financing local authorities.
COUNCIL TAX
Looking at the long term impact of Scottish council tax freeze
By Joanne Pitt | 10 February 2021
In Scotland, the devolved government announced £90m to compensate councils that choose to freeze ...
BUSINESS RATES
Fixing the fiscal flaws
By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021
Last week saw the Treasury put a pause on business rates billing until after the Budget. But the ...
BUSINESS RATES
Local government settlement shows Government is not in listening mode
By Ian Miller | 09 February 2021
It is clear from the final local government settlement that the Government did not pay attention ...
BUSINESS RATES
There is no better time to sort out funding
By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2021
Heather Jameson says it will take a wholesale rethink of local government funding – and a social ...
FINANCE
Councils face £1.3bn shortfall on council tax, says IFS
By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2021
Councils face a £1.3bn shortfall in the council tax they were expecting for 2020/21, finance thin...
FINANCE
Jenrick announces final finance settlement
By Martin Ford | 04 February 2021
The Government has published the final local government finance settlement for England.
FINANCE
Scottish Budget 'falls short'
By Dan Peters | 29 January 2021
The Scottish Government’s £11.6bn budget ‘falls short of the fair funding local government requir...
FINANCE
Lancaster mulls tax increases and drawing on reserves
By Martin Ford | 27 January 2021
Successive tax increases and use of reserves have been proposed to close Lancaster City Council’s...
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