Groups of local authorities should be given complete control over council tax, including the value of bands and the timing of revaluations, the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance has...
Councils should be given the right to set business rates and retain any growth in income, while Whitehall should lose its current redistribution powers, the Local Government Association has said.
Reforms to the ‘broken’ local government funding system are needed to underpin greater localism in decision-making, an independent commission into town hall finance has concluded.
Key council services could disappear following further reductions in the sectors financial settlement from the Welsh Government, the country’s local government leaders have warned.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has indicated he would back a new constitutional settlement between central and local government that would lead to greater fiscal decentralisation across England.
CIPFA will be hosting an event at its Mansell Street offices on 3 November to mark 40 years since the publication of the Layfield report into local government finance, including contributions from...
An independent commission into the future of council finance has today been launched by CIPFA and the Local Government Association, tasked with developing reforms to address key challenges amid...
CIPFA and the Local Government Association have today announced their intention to create of an independent commission to examine the future of local government finance.
