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FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Fresh fiscal devolution push as cuts loom
By Dan Peters | 01 August 2024
Council chiefs are attempting to push fiscal devolution onto the desks of new ministers as the Go...
FINANCE
Lack of local finance reform a 'big mistake' – Travers
By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2024
The new Government has made a ‘big mistake’ by ruling out immediate local government finance refo...
FINANCE
The first steps back
By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2024
Heather Jameson speaks to interim chief Andrew Travers about the current state of local governmen...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Fiscal devolution comes at a cost – but it's worth it
By Heather Jameson | 31 July 2024
Rachel Reeves' discovery of a fiscal black hole may be had news for the public purse, but it coul...
FINANCE
Slowing down to move ahead
By Kevin Muldoon-Smith | 31 July 2024
Kevin Muldoon-Smith looks at fixing local government finance and the trade-off between acting no...
FINANCE
Government urged to devolve council tax powers
By Emily Twinch | 31 July 2024
The Government should devolve the power to fix council tax rates to local authorities, a think-ta...
POLICY
Sector reassures after private school VAT change confirmed
By Martin Ford | 30 July 2024
Councils believe they can manage the increase in demand for school places after Labour’s removal ...
FINANCE
No decision on whether ARGA will cover local audit
By Dan Peters | 30 July 2024
The new Government has yet to make a decision on how it will fix local audit in the longer term, ...
SOCIAL CARE
Reeves scraps care charging reforms amid spending cuts
By Dan Peters | 30 July 2024
Adult social care charging reforms delayed by the Tories will be scrapped, saving more than £1bn ...
PAY
Pay dispute to stretch into autumn
By Dan Peters | 25 July 2024
Council employers have urged union Unison to ‘think again’ after it decided to conduct a ballot f...
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