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HEALTH
Counties hit by 'double whammy,' CCN warns
By Jamie Hailstone | 27 January 2016
County councils are facing a double whammy of the largest cuts to social care funding and the hig...
WHITEHALL
'Agree, or I'll set a plan,' says Clark
By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016
Communities secretary Greg Clark has urged the sector to strike an agreement on how business rate...
FINANCE
Clark resists local demand to bring forward finance settlement cash
By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016
Communities secretary Greg Clark has publicly rejected calls from the sector to frontload cash to...
FINANCE
A call for clarity
By Heather Jameson | 19 January 2016
Heather Jameson analyses the fallout from the local government finance settlement consultation an...
FINANCE
Fears raised as uncertainty clouds funding settlement
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016
Government plans to create financial certainty through a four-year funding settlement have been u...
FINANCE
Counting the pennies
By David Borrow | 19 January 2016
Cllr David Borrow reports back from conversations with Greg Clark and delivers CCN's list of dema...
WHITEHALL
Fury over Whitehall's failure to consult on funding formula
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2016
The Government’s ‘unprecedented’ decision not to carry out a technical consultation before this y...
WHITEHALL
MPs call for revamp of finance figures
By Jamie Hailstone | 18 January 2016
MPs have written to communities secretary Greg Clark to fight the case for county councils in the...
FINANCE
Tories fear financial threat of local-central 'disconnect'
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2016
Essex CC’s Tory leader has led the way for a potential Conservative local government revolt after...
FINANCE
Giving children a chance in straitened times
By Ian Hudspeth | 04 January 2016
Despite financial limitations in children’s services, counties are doing commendable work in stre...
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