WHITEHALL

Yorkshire-wide devo deal ruled out by minister

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2017

Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry has ruled out a Yorkshire-wide devolution deal.

FINANCE

Countering the post-truth narrative

By Abdool Kara | 06 June 2017

Good scrutiny can be a powerful lever for the greater and better use of evidence by councils to i...

WHITEHALL

'Delay rollout of 100% rates retention by at least a year'

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2017

The rollout of 100% business rates retention should be pushed back by at least a year, the chair ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Whitehall holding up public estate plans

By Mark Conrad | 25 April 2017

Local authorities will have helped create 25,000 new homes by 2020 as part of a Whitehall program...

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Moving to pastures NAO

By Abdool Kara | 20 April 2017

In his last column for The MJ as he takes up his new role, Abdool Kara outlines the work he will ...

FINANCE

Whitehall may step in over authorities' commercial deals

By Dan Peters | 05 April 2017

The Government may intervene to lower the risks associated with the increased commercial activiti...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Finance overhaul risks exposed

By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2017

Auditors have warned some councils will struggle to raise enough cash to deliver statutory servic...

BUSINESS

Transparency warning issued for LEPs

By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid this week urged local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to ‘take a...

WHITEHALL

DCLG could lose £600m after Brexit

By Mark Conrad | 28 March 2017

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) could lose up to £600m of its annual b...

FINANCE

Patterns of change

By Aileen Murphie | 22 March 2017

In the third of a series of articles on the financial sustainability of local authorities, Aileen...

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