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WHITEHALL
Councils should get first refusal on right to buy resales
By Sam Clayden | 12 February 2016
A senior MP has suggested councils and housing associations should be given first refusal on righ...
WHITEHALL
LGA hits back at 'unfair' council tax claim
By MJ reporter | 12 February 2016
Local authorities are justified in using council tax to expedite the delivery of new homes on to ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Councils are hampered on housing, says new Lyons' Review
By Heather Jameson | 11 February 2016
Local authorities are critical to government plans to increase housing supply, but they are hampe...
WHITEHALL
Whitehall should fund right to buy
By Sam Clayden | 10 February 2016
The extension of right to buy to housing association tenants should be funded by Whitehall rather...
FINANCE
Can property be the saviour of council budgets?
By Michael Burton | 10 February 2016
Council-owned property assets are a potential income stream that will help plug the gap left by v...
BUSINESS
Deal sealed to secure £200m renewal project
By Jamie Hailstone | 10 February 2016
Oxford City Council has joined forces with Nuffield College to form a new partnership that will o...
FINANCE
Learning from Berlin
By Paul Wheeler | 10 February 2016
As the Housing Bill works its way through the Lords, Paul Wheeler explains why local government c...
ENVIRONMENT
A SWIMmingly good solution
By Andy Elliott | 10 February 2016
A decade on from its original creation, a Dorset CC-based IT solution was revamped and used to ai...
WHITEHALL
Next rates revaluation 'most contentious yet'
By Michael Burton | 04 February 2016
The next revaluation of business rates on which local authority income will increasingly depend w...
FINANCE
Silence the talk of benefit cuts
By John Healey | 03 February 2016
John Healey says it’s time for councils to join the campaign against the chancellor’s crude housi...
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