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WHITEHALL
Secretary of state to 'seize' housing development decisions
By Sam Clayden | 24 March 2016
In ‘another step away from localism,’ the Government is cutting local authorities out of major ho...
BUSINESS
Council to launch own housing firm
By Jamie Hailstone | 22 March 2016
Oxford City Council is to launch its own company to tackle a shortage of housing.
HEALTH
Combined authority seeks private cash to fund capital costs
By Jamie Hailstone | 22 March 2016
The Greater Manchester combined authority is looking to attract private cash to help fund the cap...
WHITEHALL
Ethical trading disputes could land authorities with hefty costs
By Sam Clayden | 22 March 2016
Councils facing legal disputes over decisions to cease trading and investment with countries on e...
WHITEHALL
Corridors of power: Budget 2016
22 March 2016
The Chancellor, George Os-brown, is having a bad dream in which he has to come back to the House...
FINANCE
COSLA calls for new relationship
By Jamie Hailstone | 21 March 2016
Scottish council bosses have called for the relationship between local and central government nor...
WHITEHALL
Engagement and accountability key
By Mark Sandford | 17 March 2016
Senior research analyst at the House of Commons Library, Mark Sandford, looks at the unexpected i...
FINANCE
Deal or no deal
By Jonathan Carr-West | 16 March 2016
George Osborne presented this Budget as another step towards his ‘devolution revolution’ but chie...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Weak link between localism and economic growth
By Dr Paul Greenhalgh | 16 March 2016
When business rate retention was first introduced in 2013 it had two underlying policy objectives...
FINANCE
Reforms will not make council tax proportionate
By Dan Peters | 16 March 2016
The Scottish Government’s proposals for council tax reform ‘fall short’ of making it a proportion...
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