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FINANCE

Councils grapple with multi-million pound budget deficits

By Martin Ford | 06 January 2021

Councils are mulling service cuts and council tax rises as they attempt to balance next year's bu...

FINANCE

Urban councils' fears over debt recovery rules

By Martin Ford | 22 December 2020

Urban councils have voiced concern over new rules that could prevent them from recovering council...

FINANCE

Questions over settlement boost

By Martin Ford | 21 December 2020

The scale of the increase in core funding in the local government finance settlement claimed by m...

SOCIAL CARE

Council taxpayers to 'pay more and get less'

By Martin Ford | 03 December 2020

Local authorities have been left in the unenviable position of raising taxes in an effort to bala...

COUNCIL TAX

Tewkesbury puts its customers in control

By Graeme Simpson | 02 December 2020

Graeme Simpson explains why Tewkesbury BC is changing to a new digital platform to transform the...

BUSINESS RATES

A mixed bag for councils

By Bob Neill | 02 December 2020

While Sir Bob Neill says there was much in the Spending Review to applaud, ‘what’s ultimately nee...

BUSINESS RATES

There's not enough votes in funding councils

By Heather Jameson | 02 December 2020

'Whatever the finance settlement brings, it will not be enough', says Heather Jameson. 'Councils ...

SOCIAL CARE

More cash, but not enough

By Heather Jameson | 01 December 2020

With its £5.5bn extra funding for local government next year the Spending Review may have deliver...

COUNCIL TAX

The devolution waiting game

By Ian Miller | 01 December 2020

The Prime Minister has said that ‘devolution…should be used as a step to pass power to local comm...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils allowed to delay precept rise

By Dan Peters | 30 November 2020

Local authorities will be allowed to delay big council tax increases next year ahead of elections...

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