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FINANCE
Is this really handing local leaders power over their finances?
By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2025
There was no sense of irony in the finance settlement when the Ministry of Housing, Communities a...
FINANCE
National Insurance compensation allocations 'sensible'
By Dan Peters | 04 February 2025
The Government’s approach to distributing compensation to councils for higher National Insurance ...
FINANCE
Concern over new audit body
By Martin Ford | 03 February 2025
Ministers have been warned against overreach with the creation of the Local Audit Office (LAO).
IMPROVEMENT
Peer warning over councillor financial understanding
By Emily Twinch | 03 February 2025
Not all 39 councillors at a Nottinghamshire council are fully getting to grips with the financial...
FINANCE
Tax hikes agreed for just six councils
By Heather Jameson | 03 February 2025
Councils facing financial woes have been told to scale back council tax rises, just weeks before ...
HEALTH
Rays of hope for health
By Katherine Merrifield | 03 February 2025
Katherine Merrifield says that while the Devolution White Paper and the funding settlement set ou...
UNIONS
Unions demand £3,000 pay rise
By Dan Peters | 31 January 2025
Trade unions have jointly submitted a pay claim for all council employees to receive a wage rise ...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Questions over financial impact of reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025
Questions have been raised over whether the Government’s approach to local government reorganisat...
ELECTORAL COMMISSION
Commission pushes ahead with surveys despite elections uncertainty
By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025
The Electoral Commission is pushing ahead with two surveys for returning officers about May's pol...
FINANCE
New unitary seeks exceptional financial support
By Dan Peters | 30 January 2025
A unitary council that is less than two years old is seeking exceptional financial support from G...
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