FINANCE

IPPR calls for new 'proportional' property charge to replace council tax

By Paul Marinko | 20 September 2021

The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called for a new ‘proportional’ property tax to replace the ‘unfair and outdated’ council tax.

PLANNING

Districts hit back at think tank planning proposals

By Dan Peters | 16 September 2021

District councils have hit back at a think-tank’s call for the Government to transfer planning po...

DIGITAL

Bridging the great divide

By Erica Roscoe | 31 August 2021

What can be done to reduce the digital divide? Erica Roscoe looks at recent research centred on E...

PLANNING

Councils 'resistant' to repurposing empty commercial space

By William Eichler | 20 July 2021

A think-tank has accused local authorities of being ‘resistant’ to measures that could see empty ...

FINANCE

Social care reform depends on market overhaul

By Martin Ford | 15 April 2021

Social care reform will ‘fail’ without addressing weaknesses in the provider market, a think-tank...

COUNCIL TAX

Think-tank calls for reform of 'regressive' council tax in Scotland

By Laura Sharman | 12 April 2021

Council tax in Scotland should be increased to the same levels as the rest of the UK, a think-tan...

DEVOLUTION

Public backs more city devolution

By Laura Sharman | 09 April 2021

More than eight in 10 people support more devolution to England’s largest cities, a new poll has ...

FINANCE

Budget should give more cash to councils, claims IFS

By Michael Burton | 16 February 2021

Next month’s Budget should allocate more funding for local government, health and education while...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Think-tank launches levelling up Big Bang theory

By Michael Burton | 15 February 2021

The Government should launch a Northern Big Bang to ‘unleash a torrent of investment into the Nor...

FINANCE

Councils face £1.3bn shortfall on council tax, says IFS

By Heather Jameson | 05 February 2021

Councils face a £1.3bn shortfall in the council tax they were expecting for 2020/21, finance thin...

WHITEHALL

Treasury in property tax rethink

By Heather Jameson | 18 January 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is believed to be rethinking property taxes – including council tax and bu...

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