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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Wrap-around welfare - case studies

05 March 2014

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Time for us to show our skills

By Tom Stannard | 05 March 2014

Tom Stannard asks if the recent funding announcement spells disaster or opportunity for LEPs and ...

FINANCE

Bold vision for reshaping services

By Sir Richard Leese | 05 March 2014

Sir Richard Leese, Cllr Sharon Taylor and Mayor Jules Pipe, co-chairs of the Local Government Inn...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

District councils are ready to deliver

By Cllr Neil Clarke | 05 March 2014

Cllr Neil Clarke outlines what district councils could offer in return for financial freedoms

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rethink landbanking problem, BPF tells Lyons

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2014

Labour's ambitious plan for 200,000 new homes to be built a year by 2020 will need all housing te...

FINANCE

Overhaul business rates, MPs urge

By Jonathan Werran | 04 March 2014

MPs on BIS committee demand fundamental reform of the current system of business rates, which is ...

FINANCE

Boris breaks ranks with council tax revaluation call

By Jonathan Werran | 04 March 2014

London Mayor Boris Johnson tells Commons CLG Committee 'we cannot go on forever without looking a...

FINANCE

Brighton and Hove fails to agree budget

By Jamie Hailstone | 28 February 2014

Members of Brighton and Hove City Council failed to set a budget last night.

FINANCE

Demand showdown

By Michael Burton | 27 February 2014

Ministers were this week urged to make demand management a top priority.

FINANCE

Whose public property is it anyway?

By Stephen Weigel | 27 February 2014

Stephen Weigel draws comparisons between Nixon's White House tapes and the decision to block publ...