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WHITEHALL
Councils battle new accounting rules
By Dan Peters | 19 January 2018
Councils are battling to persuade the Government to override new rules that will have an 'uninten...
FINANCE
EXCLUSIVE: Finance settlement 'shambles' after provisional data wrong
By Dan Peters | 18 January 2018
The local government finance settlement has descended into a shambles after it emerged allocation...
PLANNING
Councils call for permitted development rules to be scrapped
By Laura Sharman | 18 January 2018
Nearly one in 10 homes built over the last two years was converted from an office, new analysis h...
WHITEHALL
Inspector arrives amid reorganisation pressure
By Mark Conrad | 16 January 2018
An independent inspector today began investigating Northamptonshire CC’s precarious finances amid...
COUNCIL TAX
Local authorities left with 'no choice' but to increase council tax
By Laura Sharman | 15 January 2018
The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted its members have been left with 'no choice' b...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Child referred to social care every 49 seconds, figures reveal
By Laura Sharman | 12 January 2018
Referrals to council children's services reached 646,120 last year, according to new figures from...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
100% retention pilots 'misleading'
By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2018
Smith Square’s top officials have labelled the 100% business rate pilots ‘misleading’ for failing...
FINANCE
Fair funding: LGA unable to unify warring factions
By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2018
Treasurers predict the fair funding review will be ‘disastrous’ for the sector as Smith Square fe...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Call for devolution jump-start after policy stalls
By Dan Peters | 10 January 2018
Local government secretary Sajid Javid's latest annual report on devolution has laid bare the ext...
FINANCE
Javid sends inspector into Northamptonshire
By Dan Peters | 09 January 2018
Local government secretary Sajid Javid has ordered a best value inspection of Conservative-led No...
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