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Debt rule relief

11 March 2009

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Auditors urge tighter capping to ease public finances

11 March 2009

Ministers should consider capping council tax rises even more tightly, as part of a concerted eff...

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Iceland drops court action over cash

04 March 2009

Iceland has dropped its legal fight with the UK Government, potentially clearing the way for a de...

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SOLACE defends salaries as Healey vows to expose data

04 March 2009

Top managers in local government are worth their salaries, the sector’s leaders claim, after crit...

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Private finance lifeline backed

04 March 2009

The lifeline to rescue troubled private-finance projects has been backed by City consultants.

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CIPFA figures confirm 3% average tax hike

04 March 2009

A second annual survey of council tax has confirmed this year’s average rise is 3%, following the...

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Force through IFRS council bosses told

04 March 2009

Local government executives must force through the international financial reporting standards (I...

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Radical shift needed to avoid 'decade of cuts'

04 March 2009

Councils face a decade of cuts due to zero and minus grant settlements, unless there is a radical...

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On track for savings

04 March 2009

In the latest of our series on the regional and improvement efficiency partnerships programme, Pa...

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Money Matters

02 March 2009

We are at that time of year when, hopefully, finance directors are beginning to see some light at...