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Birmingham HS2 redevelopment plan unveiled

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 March 2014

Birmingham City Council has unveiled new plans to help regenerate 141 hectares in the city centre...

FINANCE

Calls for Government to help councils lift PFI burden

By MJ Correspondent | 05 March 2014

The Government should take action on PFI, a senior director of finance has said.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Wrap-around welfare

By Jules Pipe | 05 March 2014

Mayor Jules Pipe outlines London Councils’ strategy of harnessing the roll-out of Universal Credi...

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...