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FINANCE

Scottish Labour to scrap 'unfair' council tax

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016

Scottish Labour has today announced plans to scrap the ‘unfair’ council tax and replace it with a...

FINANCE

'Devolution revolution' in jeopardy after Budget

By Thomas Bridge | 22 March 2016

Devolution deals unveiled during the Budget are in turmoil after widespread dissent over the powe...

WHITEHALL

Government devolution strategy 'piecemeal and incoherent'

By William Eichler | 21 March 2016

The Government’s devolution strategy is ‘piecemeal and incoherent,’ a new cross-party report has ...

FINANCE

COSLA calls for new relationship

By Jamie Hailstone | 21 March 2016

Scottish council bosses have called for the relationship between local and central government nor...

WHITEHALL

Rate relief compensation 'nigh on impossible'

By Sam Clayden | 18 March 2016

The Government’s plans to reimburse local government for raising the threshold for small business...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Weak link between localism and economic growth

By Dr Paul Greenhalgh | 16 March 2016

When business rate retention was first introduced in 2013 it had two underlying policy objectives...

FINANCE

LGA seeks rates distribution deal

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for an exploration of sub-national distribution...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Focus devolution on cities, Osborne urged

By Thomas Bridge | 11 March 2016

Devolution of powers must focus on cities if Britain is to improve its economic outlook, a think ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

MPs deny councils power over Sunday trading hours

By Thomas Bridge | 10 March 2016

Ministers have rejected handing councils powers to determine Sunday trading hours, after fears of...

FINANCE

Look how far we've come – now let's go further

By Heather Jameson | 10 March 2016

After speaking with Greg Clark, Heather Jameson reflects that local government still has a long w...

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Director of Governance (Monitoring Officer)

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Director of Commissioning and Partnerships

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