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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