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WHITEHALL
Parishes call for council tax referendum probe
By Heather Jameson | 28 September 2016
Plans to force parish councils to have referendums for council tax rises are ‘a centralist sledge...
COUNCIL TAX
Greens to detail council tax reforms
By Dan Peters | 22 September 2016
Alternative proposals to reform council tax highlight the ‘regressive and unfair’ nature of the S...
FINANCE
Drakeford slates English council tax system
By Sam Clayden | 21 September 2016
Wales' local government secretary Mark Drakeford has lashed out at the English council tax system...
FINANCE
'Cut council tax discounts to raise £3m revenue'
By Jamie Hailstone | 21 September 2016
Local authorities could generate up to £3m extra revenue if Scottish government plans to remove t...
WHITEHALL
Let's look at the art of the possible
By Heather Jameson | 17 August 2016
What started off as a sign local government could stand on its own two feet is starting to look l...
FINANCE
Reforms will destroy local services link
By Dan Peters | 17 August 2016
Scottish government plans to hand £100m-a-year extra cash raised by council tax reforms straight ...
FINANCE
Billing authority role must remain
By Ian Miller | 17 August 2016
The Department for Communities and Local Government consultation paper, Self-sufficient local gov...
WHITEHALL
Counting the pennies to 2020
By Cllr Ian Parry | 17 August 2016
Every local authority is now considering the complex implications of planning for the abolition o...
WHITEHALL
Waste permits warning after cash axe
By Dan Peters | 10 August 2016
Councils are being forced to introduce new waste permit schemes to stop neighbouring residents fr...
FINANCE
Shire business rates fears prompt joint intervention
By Dan Peters | 10 August 2016
Finance directors in two-tier areas have parked their rivalries to launch a surprise intervention...
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