Logistical and software issues are likey to make it challenging for councils to deliver the government’s £150 council tax rebates to help consumers with soaring energy prices, according to CIPFA.
A Nottinghamshire council is considering whether to reverse a proposed council tax increase of 1.99% in its next budget following a larger-than-expected grant from central government.
North Northamptonshire County Council has promised to review its systems, after sending out court summons and taking early council tax payments in error.
Calls to replace council tax and stamp duty with a wealth tax should be rejected due to negative consequences for local government finance, says Chris Buss.
Local authorities in England will need to raise council tax by 10% next year, just to enable adult social care services to stand still, according to a charity.
The government is assessing additional grants or further council tax flexibilities to help fund the burgeoning social care deficit, according to a report in the national press.
Local authorities in England and Wales are losing close to £110m per year from business rates “loopholes” on holiday homes, according to research from property consultancy Colliers.
Government support will not cover the half-billion-pound scale of lost council tax receipts in the year following the outbreak of Covid-19 – leaving councils facing service cuts – according to sector...
Anticipated council tax losses for local authorities in England resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic are now more than a third lower initial expectations.
Inner London council tax bills will see the biggest percentage increase of any region in England in 2021-22, due to a 9.5% increase in the precept for the Greater London Authority.
Covid-19 has left councils more than £1bn short of their expected council tax revenues. But what explains the wide variation among collection levels between different authorities? Kate Ogden, local...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak needs to think very carefully about the potentially damaging consequences of scrapping council tax and replacing it with a new national property tax, says Jessica Studdert...
Local government spending power will be around two percentage points lower than the 4.6% trailed by the government in the final funding settlement announced yesterday, according to a local government...
Spelthorne Borough Council’s controversial commercial investment strategy has allowed it to propose council tax freezes next year despite Covid-19 disruption, according to its finance chief.
Council tax support is expected to cost councils an additional £586m this year, 7% more than the £500m allocated through a dedicated fund announced in March, according to the LGA.
Business rate income for local authorities halved in the first quarter, while council tax income stayed steady, according to the first official figures on the impact of Covid-19 on council income.
West Suffolk Council prevented 299 fraudulent single-person Council Tax discounts last year – resulting in a saving of £240,362, according to figures from the authority.
St Albans City and District Council says it is making “good progress” in tackling fraud, after adopting new technology to identity residents who are potentially abusing council tax discounts for...
An annual survey revealed 57% of English local authorities are making the maximum allowable increase to council tax in an attempt to finance service demand. CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman...
Blanket deferrals or non-payment of council tax could have a “serious effect” on council funding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the County Councils Network.
