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FINANCE
Peers call for council tax reform
By Dan Peters | 26 July 2021
A cross-party chorus of peers has called for reform of the council tax system and new bands to be...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Councils are owed certainty on funding
By Meg Hillier | 16 June 2021
The Public Accounts Committee has published its fifth annual report. Chair Meg Hillier says there...
SOCIAL CARE
Ministers appear 'complacent' over care home closures, MPs warn
By Laura Sharman | 16 June 2021
The Government ‘seems complacent’ about the risk of care homes collapsing in the wake of the pand...
WHITEHALL
Government warned of 'soaring summer of homelessness'
By Dan Peters | 15 June 2021
The Government will fail to fulfil its manifesto commitment of ending rough sleeping for good by ...
WHITEHALL
MHCLG is 'too optimistic' about councils' cash, says PAC
By Heather Jameson | 04 June 2021
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is overly optimistic about coun...
WHITEHALL
Hillier in financial sustainability transparency warning
By Dan Peters | 03 June 2021
The chair of an influential government spending watchdog has warned of a lack of transparency aro...
HEALTH
Shielding scheme took too long to identify up to 800,000, says PAC
By Ann McGauran | 20 April 2021
MPs have hit out at the Government’s ‘quickly drawn up’ COVID-19 shielding programme for taking t...
WHITEHALL
Region refuses to take more asylum seekers
By Dan Peters | 31 March 2021
The West Midlands has refused to take any more asylum seekers unless the Home Office agrees to a ...
BUSINESS RATES
Let's see what happens on longer-term funding
By Lorna Baxter | 31 March 2021
Lorna Baxter gave evidence at the Public Accounts Committee in response to the NAO report on loca...
WHITEHALL
Pandemic forces finance reform rethink
By Martin Ford | 16 March 2021
Whitehall plans for local government finance reform were thrown into doubt this week after civil ...
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