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13 Jun 18
The business rates system must be reformed to protect councils against “unfair” appeals risk, council leaders have said today.
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2 May 18
Whitehall must provide certainty for councils to stop changes to business rates costing them ‘considerable sums’, according to local government groups.
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25 Apr 18
Councils should be allowed to keep cash from business rates increases as well as existing grants, a group of MPs has demanded.
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17 Apr 18
Andrew Hudson has been appointed to lead the review of the business rates system by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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27 Mar 18
CIPFA’s Jo Pitt looks at the direction of travel for local government retention of business rates and what to expect over the coming months.
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1 Mar 18
Allowing local authorities to retain business rates exposes them to risk if revenues fall. Neil Amin-Smith of the IFS considers how this risk might play out between county and district councils - and...
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29 Sep 17
County councils face unique challenges and retaining 100% of business rates could widen their funding gap, the County Councils Network has warned.
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1 Sep 17
Bidding has started for local councils to take part in a second round of 100% business rate retention pilot schemes.
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22 Aug 17
Liability for business rates should be extended to private schools, universities and local authority arms-length operations, an independent review of non-domestic local taxation in Scotland has...
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31 Jul 17
Whitehall has called on software firms to provide updated programmes to local councils so they can grant new levels of business rate relief to small businesses.
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8 Mar 17
There were no big surprises in this Budget and little sense of any solutions to intractable policy problems. The chancellor should beware of trying to micromanage from the centre
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8 Mar 17
Local authorities are to share a £300m pot for discretionary business rate reliefs to help firms facing higher bills due to next month’s revaluation of the levy, chancellor Philip Hammond...
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4 Mar 17
April’s business rate revaluation will see £400m transferred from London councils to authorities in the North, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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24 Feb 17
Local government secretary Sajid Javid has indicated that the government will move to provide additional support for firms most affected by April’s business rates revaluation, but also insisted he...
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20 Feb 17
Local government secretary Sajid Javid has defended the government’s revaluation of business rates, stating that thousands of businesses across the country will get lower bills as a result of...
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17 Feb 17
Small business have urged chancellor Philip Hammond to use next month’s Budget to provide them with transition support amid mounting concerns about the impact of April’s business rate...
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16 Feb 17
The government is considering introducing a partial reset of the business rates localisation system every five years once the £12.5bn of revenue is devolved to local authorities from April 2019.
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2 Feb 17
The government should postpone forthcoming increases in business rates until the UK has left the European Union in order to protect businesses at a time of economic uncertainty, according to one...
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19 Dec 16
More pilots of full business rates retention have been announced, but it is difficult to see localisation as a sustainable funding model for local government
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19 Dec 16
The year of 2016 saw many seismic changes, but ministers' approach to local government finance has remained the same. This has increased the risk that town hall’s two main revenue streams – council...
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23 Nov 16
The chancellor says he wants to build a resilient economy but without more certainty on funding, councils will not be able to plan ahead
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1 Nov 16
County and district finance chiefs are to meet later this month to consider a potential change to the split in business rates revenue once the tax is fully localised to local government.
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26 Oct 16
County and metropolitan councils have been the biggest losers from the switch away from grants to 50% local business rates retention, according to Institute for Fiscal Studies research for the Local...
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11 Oct 16
The West Midlands is set to join the areas across England that will pilot full business rates retention ahead of the national rollout of the scheme in 2020, after Birmingham City Council indicated...
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30 Sep 16
Councils could face financial uncertainty from a renewed round of appeals against business rate bills following revaluation next April, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
13 Jun 18The business rates system must be reformed to protect councils against “unfair” appeals risk, council leaders have said today.
2 May 18Whitehall must provide certainty for councils to stop changes to business rates costing them ‘considerable sums’, according to local government groups.
29 Sep 17County councils face unique challenges and retaining 100% of business rates could widen their funding gap, the County Councils Network has warned.
1 Sep 17Bidding has started for local councils to take part in a second round of 100% business rate retention pilot schemes.
31 Jul 17Whitehall has called on software firms to provide updated programmes to local councils so they can grant new levels of business rate relief to small businesses.
8 Mar 17There were no big surprises in this Budget and little sense of any solutions to intractable policy problems. The chancellor should beware of trying to micromanage from the centre
4 Mar 17April’s business rate revaluation will see £400m transferred from London councils to authorities in the North, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
24 Feb 17Local government secretary Sajid Javid has indicated that the government will move to provide additional support for firms most affected by April’s business rates revaluation, but also insisted he...
19 Dec 16More pilots of full business rates retention have been announced, but it is difficult to see localisation as a sustainable funding model for local government
23 Nov 16The chancellor says he wants to build a resilient economy but without more certainty on funding, councils will not be able to plan ahead
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