Policy-and-politics - Page 145

By Dan Peters | 11 February 2020

Tomorrow’s local government finance settlement has been pulled to make way for emergency legislat...

WHITEHALL

Treasury could rake in £80m from PWLB rate hike - LGA

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2020

The Treasury could benefit from an £80m windfall from controversially increasing the Public Works...

BUSINESS RATES

Rates repatriation revolt collapses

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2020

An attempt to repatriate the setting of business rates to Scottish councils has collapsed.

BUSINESS

Chief executive criticised by cross-party working group

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2020

One of Norfolk’s longest serving chief executives should have had a stronger hold over a project ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Ministers must heed local productivity gaps

By Chris Mahony | 04 February 2020

Ministerial efforts to reduce the regional productivity gap must recognise the imbalances at loca...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Jenrick plans intervention to help northern councils

By Dan Peters | 31 January 2020

Local government secretary Robert Jenrick is poised to intervene in the fair funding review to en...

WHITEHALL

Healey calls for new rough sleeping taskforce

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2020

Ministers will not end rough sleeping in this country before 2082 based on its current rate of pr...

FINANCE

Davey: SEND crisis could blow up in councils

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2020

The acting Lib Dem leader has warned that the crisis in special educational needs and disability ...

DEVOLUTION

Devolution is still driven by a 'divide and rule' ethos

By Arianna Giovannini | 28 January 2020

The North needs to be empowered and fairly funded, so it can take control of its own future and ...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Taking the initiative together to tackle unhealthy weight

By Cllr Sarah Addenbrooke | 28 January 2020

Kensington & Chelsea RLBC’s Go Golborne initiative has stopped the rise in childhood obesity in t...

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