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FINANCE
It's all about the money, money, money
By Cllr Howard Sykes | 27 November 2019
What does local government need from a new Government on finance? Councils must be fully funded i...
FINANCE
Councils should be leading the queue for reinvestment
By Cllr Nick Forbes | 27 November 2019
What does the LGA's Labour Group want from a new Government on local finance? Councils' funding m...
WHITEHALL
Conservatives call for care consensus in cautious manifesto
By Paul Marinko | 25 November 2019
The Conservatives are set to keep the council tax cap, seek cross-party consensus on social care ...
FINANCE
Surge in number of council tax fraud cases
By Martin Ford | 18 November 2019
The number of council tax fraud cases uncovered by local authorities increased by a fifth over th...
FINANCE
Just a lull in the funding storm?
By David Phillips | 13 November 2019
David Phillips examines the choices the next Government will face, including whether (and how muc...
SOCIAL CARE
How are we going to make spending vows a reality?
By Heather Jameson | 13 November 2019
As the main political parties toss around their policy promises and spending pledges, they face a...
BUSINESS
IFS research claims councils need billions more in funding
By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2019
Councils will need billions of extra pounds worth of funding in the next parliament if they are t...
HOUSING
Seven Ways to 'Fix' £billions of Government Grant Money
By Graham Chapman | 01 November 2019
Over eight years the local government funding formula has shifted money from poor to rich, from N...
FINANCE
Rich residents choose to help rough sleepers
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2019
The first local authority in the country to allow its richest residents to pay extra council tax ...
FINANCE
What will it take to bite the bullet on finance?
By Heather Jameson | 29 October 2019
A new report has called for a 'levelling up' - not just of devo deals, but a rebalancing of the ...
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Director of Planning, Economy and Public Protection
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