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BUSINESS
LGA calls for end to rates loophole
By Laura Sharman | 21 September 2016
Councils are being forced to write off millions of pounds in unpaid business rates due to a legal...
FINANCE
STP plans are leaving councils 'disengaged'
By Thomas Bridge | 21 September 2016
MPs have warned local government is being left ‘totally disengaged’ in the creation of sustainabi...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Foundations for the future
By Nicola Bulbeck | 21 September 2016
Councils are being wrongly blamed for house building delays and the Government must step up its w...
WHITEHALL
Calls for unity over business rates plans
By Sam Clayden | 21 September 2016
Senior local government figures have made a last-minute plea for the sector to unite ahead of nex...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
LGA calls for beefed up powers on illegal schools
By James Evison | 16 September 2016
Council leaders have called for beefed up powers to enter homes and other premises as part of a c...
FINANCE
Porter: NHS spending ain't working
By Sam Clayden | 16 September 2016
Senior council leaders have denounced NHS spending amid fears the health service's poor financial...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Devolution responsibilities must be funded 'outside business rates system'
By Sam Clayden | 15 September 2016
Senior councillors have called for responsibilities handed down through devolution deals to be fu...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Late-night licensing: nirvana or nightmare?
By James Evison | 14 September 2016
In The MJ last week, Claire Fox said councils and their over-zealous approach to licensing was to...
FINANCE
'Set DCLG free' to tackle homelessness
By Thomas Bridge | 14 September 2016
Lord Gary Porter has called for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to be ...
BUSINESS
'Excessive' charges challenged
By Sam Clayden | 14 September 2016
Smith Square has called on council bosses to back a ‘fully-funded’ legal challenge against Master...
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