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WHITEHALL
Budget 2017: Chancellor announces rescue package for care
By Heather Jameson | 08 March 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond unveiled his final Spring Budget, offering a £2bn cash boost for social...
WHITEHALL
Budget 2017: Cash to close productivity gap
By Chris Ames | 08 March 2017
The chancellor has announced more than £500m for infrastructure, technology and training to ‘star...
FINANCE
Budget 2017: Councils to bid for £690m congestion fund
By Dominic Browne | 08 March 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a major local funding boost to tackle congestion in his f...
PLANNING
The case for strategic planning
By Cllr Anne Western | 28 February 2017
The long-awaited housing white paper is important for county areas, which contain some of the lea...
FINANCE
Capital gains?
By Dan Corry | 28 February 2017
Dan Corry looks at potential solutions to reinvesting in the buildings and equipment underpinning...
FINANCE
Interest in bonds agency borrowing drops to one in 10
By Dan Peters | 28 February 2017
Just one in 10 are expected to use the UK Municipal Bonds Agency (UKMBA) to borrow to fund infras...
BUSINESS
Glasgow plans £30m TIF deal
By Jamie Hailstone | 21 February 2017
Glasgow City Council is to develop a £30m tax incremental finance (TIF) package to fund the devel...
BUSINESS
MPs say 'no' to rates levy spend for housing
By Mark Conrad | 14 February 2017
MPs have rejected calls to allow the infrastructure levy to be spent on housing under 100% busine...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Gearing up cities for the uncertainty ahead
By Alexandra Jones | 14 February 2017
Local leaders can still help prepare their places for the uncertainty ahead by investing to impro...
WHITEHALL
LGA raps discount lending plan
By Dan Peters | 01 February 2017
Current Whitehall plans to offer £1bn of discounted lending to councils would have a ‘positive bu...
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