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Looming elections raise doubts over use of social care precept
By James Evison | 09 January 2017
A half-a-billion pound ‘black hole’ in adult social care budgets could be created because of loom...
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Airport windfall helps council reduce cuts
By William Eichler | 04 January 2017
Extra revenue generated from Manchester City Council’s stake in the Manchester Airport Group has ...
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May defends social care precept
By Laura Sharman | 21 December 2016
Theresa May has defended the decision to allow councils to increase council tax by 6% over the ne...
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Pressure pushes Holyrood into schools funding U-turn
By William Eichler | 16 December 2016
Pressure from local government has pushed Holyrood into a major U-turn on plans to grab £100m of ...
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'Long-term national solution' still needed to solve social care crisis
By Dan Peters | 15 December 2016
The sector and experts have argued that the announcement that an extra £900m will be made availab...
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Care fears ahead of finance settlement
By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016
Chief executives have warned ministers against using council tax to fund social care, as a survey...
WHITEHALL
Sector hits back at PM
By Jamie Hailstone | 13 December 2016
Town hall leaders have hit back at government claims that councils may be partly responsible for ...
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Taxpayers' Alliance calls for local income tax
By Michael Burton | 13 December 2016
The Taxpayers’ Alliance has called for local government to have the power to levy a local income ...
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Social care precept 'deeply flawed' policy
By Sam Clayden | 12 December 2016
Patching the social care funding gap with short-term fixes will cause the sector to lurch from on...
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EXCLUSIVE: Tory council mulls referendum on 16% tax rise
By Sam Clayden | 09 December 2016
Surrey CC is understood to be considering holding a referendum to increase council tax by 16% as ...
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