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11 Jun 19
Last month’s local elections in England showed a rise in popularity of independents addressing local issues - but what we need is top-down change, writes communities and regeneration writer...
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10 Jun 19
Local authorities have warned of a “new wave” of council tax scams offering bogus refunds or threatening fines.
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23 May 19
Fundamental reform of the council tax will be needed if Scottish councils are to raise additional revenue from local taxation, economists have warned.
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17 May 19
Council tax increasingly resembles poll tax - hitting the poor hardest - for Londoners and must be reformed, a think-tank has said.
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12 Apr 19
Benjamin Franklin might have had it right about the only certainties in life but that doesn’t mean the tax system can’t be improved, says CIPFA’s Rob Whiteman.
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11 Apr 19
The government has pledged to protect people in council tax arrears from aggressive debt collectors.
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8 Apr 19
The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
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27 Mar 19
Local authorities in England will put up the average band D council tax by 4.7% next financial year, government stats have shown.
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15 Mar 19
Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
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12 Mar 19
Donald Trump’s presidential credentials, employment figures and rough sleeping stats, from the March 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
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5 Mar 19
Lone parents and renters are the most likely groups to fall into arrears since local authorities were given control of council tax relief, a think-tank has found.
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5 Mar 19
Residents in England face council tax increases of 4.5% in the coming year – the second highest increase in a decade, according to CIPFA analysis.
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28 Feb 19
Welsh councils should ensure they take “early intervention” to stop more households falling into debt as they look to increase council tax next year, a think-tank has said.
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26 Feb 19
Not only has the reduced system of council tax support hit low-paid workers but it has proved remarkably ineffective as a way to raise revenue, says the IFS’ Stuart Adam and Thomas Pope.
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14 Feb 19
The majority - 97% - of councils in England plan to raise council tax in 2019-20, a survey has found.
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11 Feb 19
Local government can expect an “ungenerous” deal in the Spending Review but it maybe be able to raise more in council tax.
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7 Feb 19
A 4.99% council tax rise for Northamptonshire residents in 2019-20 “is the right thing to do”, the council leader has said.
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29 Jan 19
The final local government finance settlement has handed Northamptonshire County Council a lifeline by allowing the cash-strapped authority greater council tax flexibility.
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29 Jan 19
Council tax arrears in England are soaring after millions of households have been stripped of funding from schemes to help them with their bills over the last five years.
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29 Jan 19
Cities should be given greater tax raising powers to meet growing demand for services amid shrinking budgets, says a leading academic.
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3 Jan 19
Reforms to wealth taxes could help fund the rising cost of public service provision, a think-tank has said.
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14 Dec 18
The government has been accused of “passing the buck” by funding police via council tax increases.
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13 Dec 18
Councils’ spending power could rise to £46.4bn next year, a real-terms increase, local government secretary James Brokenshire revealed as he published the provisional settlement today.
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8 Nov 18
Second homeowners who declare their properties as ‘holiday lets’ may be required to pay council tax following a government consultation.
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10 Oct 18
An annual levy based on the up-to-date value of a property should replace council tax and stamp duty, a think-tank has urged.
11 Jun 19Last month’s local elections in England showed a rise in popularity of independents addressing local issues - but what we need is top-down change, writes communities and regeneration writer...
10 Jun 19Local authorities have warned of a “new wave” of council tax scams offering bogus refunds or threatening fines.
23 May 19Fundamental reform of the council tax will be needed if Scottish councils are to raise additional revenue from local taxation, economists have warned.
17 May 19Council tax increasingly resembles poll tax - hitting the poor hardest - for Londoners and must be reformed, a think-tank has said.
12 Apr 19Benjamin Franklin might have had it right about the only certainties in life but that doesn’t mean the tax system can’t be improved, says CIPFA’s Rob Whiteman.
11 Apr 19The government has pledged to protect people in council tax arrears from aggressive debt collectors.
8 Apr 19The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
15 Mar 19Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
12 Mar 19Donald Trump’s presidential credentials, employment figures and rough sleeping stats, from the March 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
28 Feb 19Welsh councils should ensure they take “early intervention” to stop more households falling into debt as they look to increase council tax next year, a think-tank has said.
11 Feb 19Local government can expect an “ungenerous” deal in the Spending Review but it maybe be able to raise more in council tax.
7 Feb 19A 4.99% council tax rise for Northamptonshire residents in 2019-20 “is the right thing to do”, the council leader has said.
29 Jan 19Cities should be given greater tax raising powers to meet growing demand for services amid shrinking budgets, says a leading academic.
14 Dec 18The government has been accused of “passing the buck” by funding police via council tax increases.
13 Dec 18Councils’ spending power could rise to £46.4bn next year, a real-terms increase, local government secretary James Brokenshire revealed as he published the provisional settlement today.
8 Nov 18Second homeowners who declare their properties as ‘holiday lets’ may be required to pay council tax following a government consultation.
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