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FINANCE
LGA: Council tax rises will not stop deep cuts
By Mark Conrad | 20 February 2017
Council tax rises designed to tackle the social care funding crisis will not prevent deep cuts to...
FINANCE
Porter warns homelessness Bill could struggle to make impact
By Jamie Hailstone | 17 January 2017
Town hall leaders have warned new legislation to tackle homelessness could struggle unless minist...
FINANCE
100% rates retention Bill revealed
By Dan Peters | 13 January 2017
Much-anticipated framework legislation that will pave the way for local government to retain all ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Lord Porter chips in
10 January 2017
When the chips are down, Local Government Association chairman Gary Porter is not normally one to...
FINANCE
Porter: Rates retention will end in tears
By Dan Peters | 05 January 2017
The move to 100% business rates retention will ‘end in tears,’ the chairman of the Local Governme...
WHITEHALL
The rates challenge
By Heather Jameson | 29 November 2016
The black hole facing upper-tier councils this week appeared to grow further after fresh figures ...
WHITEHALL
Whitehall must stop curbing councils
By Sam Clayden | 23 November 2016
The Government will fail to solve the housing crisis if it continues to ‘disincentivise’ councils...
WHITEHALL
Lord Porter 'schizophrenic' on mayors
By William Eichler | 04 October 2016
The point of a metro mayor is to ‘take the blame’ if something goes wrong, Local Government Assoc...
WHITEHALL
Porter condemns EU funding promise
By William Eichler | 15 August 2016
Whitehall’s promise to honour EU funding commitments post-Brexit ‘falls well short,’ council lead...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA to tackle moving of homeless families
By Dan Peters | 26 July 2016
The Local Government Association (LGA) has agreed to investigate how to tackle the issue of counc...
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