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What councils want
By Nicola Bulbeck | 12 January 2016
After losing patience with central government dictat, Nicola Bulbeck sets out her demands for wha...
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Keep your eyes on the financial settlement
By Graeme McDonald | 12 January 2016
Business rate retention, a four-year indicative budget and recognition of spiralling social care ...
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Why it's time to speak with a single voice
By Sam Clayden | 12 January 2016
As respected academic Colin Copus launched a Councillor Commission, De Montfort University’s Loca...
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Solution for the revolution
By David Phillips | 12 January 2016
Ongoing changes to the way councils in England are funded are genuinely revolutionary. They bring...
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A new tax for a new era
By Paul Wheeler | 12 January 2016
Paul Wheeler calls on councils to work more closely with businesses to campaign for new taxes tha...
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Councils better debt collectors than HMRC and DWP
By Thomas Bridge | 08 January 2016
Councils are treating people better than central government when chasing debt, according to suppo...
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Social care precept will 'tie authorities in knots'
By Sam Clayden | 07 January 2016
The 2% social care tax precept will create unnecessary bureaucracy, a respected finance director ...
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LGA: 475k homes approved by councils still unfinished
By Thomas Bridge | 07 January 2016
Almost 500,000 homes have been granted planning permission by councils but are yet to be built, r...
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Council tax falls by 8%
By Dan Peters | 04 January 2016
The average band D council tax bill fell by eight per cent between 2010/11 and 2015/16, new resea...
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Integration cash and council tax freeze in settlement
By Dan Peters | 16 December 2015
Local authorities in Scotland will receive £250m from the NHS as part of a ‘radical reform to the...
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