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24 Mar 20
The Cabinet Office has decided to waive the rules on payment in advance, in a bid to help local authority suppliers stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
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20 Mar 20
Councils are set to receive £1.6bn of funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, as part of the government’s £5bn coronavirus fund announced during the Budget.
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17 Mar 20
Central government is to increase the public health grant by £145m to £3.3bn in 2020-21, a real term increase of 2.6% compared with 2019-20.
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12 Mar 20
PF hears finance secretary Kate Forbes’ plans for a uniquely Scottish approach to economic and welfare policy
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12 Mar 20
Engagement between neighbours has fallen over the past five years as investment in community services has declined, data has shown.
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11 Mar 20
Rob Whiteman says that today's Budget failed to answer huge questions about the sustainability of local government funding.
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6 Mar 20
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission has voiced his disappointment over a delay to the publication of the government's £100bn National Infrastructure Strategy.
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5 Mar 20
The Municipal Bonds Agency today issued its inaugural bond at a rate of just over 1% - significantly beating the cost of borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board.
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27 Feb 20
Reforms to the business rates appeals system have cut down on “speculative” submissions, the government has said.
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25 Feb 20
The communities secretary has accused opposition MPs of “unnecessary scaremongering” over suggestions that the fair funding formula will see cash diverted from metropolitan councils to shire counties...
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20 Feb 20
Local authorities in England face a £19bn deficit over the next five years despite the vast majority hiking council tax rates in this year, analysis has found.
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12 Feb 20
A 10% pay rise for council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is affordable and would benefit the government through savings on benefits and increased tax revenues, unions have said.
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11 Feb 20
Recent events have seared the need for climate action into the public consciousness, with 74% expecting local communities to react, yet revenue and capital shortages are likely to increase, write Mo...
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24 Jan 20
“Outcome” is one of those talismanic local government words that has been bludgeoned into near meaninglessness by repetition and ubiquity, argues Grant Thornton’s Martin Ellender.
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23 Jan 20
Local government employers have been accused by trade unions of delaying pay talks.
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21 Jan 20
If the prime minister wishes to rebalance the relationship between North and South, he might want to start with local government spending, argues Graham Chapman, councillor at Nottingham City Council...
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17 Jan 20
Lancashire County Council will become the first local authority to borrow from the UK Municipal Bonds Agency, five years after it was created.
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13 Jan 20
Continued financial strain on the health service means councils and the NHS must work together to ensure every penny of funding is used effectively, writes research assistant at the Reform think-tank...
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7 Jan 20
The Scottish Government has been warned that years of cuts to council budgets will put its own targets on economic growth, climate change and child poverty at risk, as well as weakening pride in...
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19 Dec 19
Local government will need further assurances about funding, despite the Queen’s speech promising an “ambitious programme of domestic reform”, sector leaders have said.
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16 Dec 19
Ministers should introduce new legislation and funding to halt the mass sale of council-owned farms in England, a campaign group has said.
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13 Dec 19
The local government finance settlement must be made a priority by the new government and should be published this year, sector leaders have said.
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13 Dec 19
After last night’s historic win, Boris Johnson’s government is now left to deliver on their mandate to get Brexit done and finish what they started. But that isn't all they need to do, writes Local...
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13 Dec 19
The general election leaves local government with on-going questions over long-term funding challenges, especially of social care, PF has been told.
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13 Dec 19
Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran analyses what Boris Johnson’s big majority Conservative government will mean for devolution, economic growth and local government finances.
24 Mar 20The Cabinet Office has decided to waive the rules on payment in advance, in a bid to help local authority suppliers stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
20 Mar 20Councils are set to receive £1.6bn of funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, as part of the government’s £5bn coronavirus fund announced during the Budget.
17 Mar 20Central government is to increase the public health grant by £145m to £3.3bn in 2020-21, a real term increase of 2.6% compared with 2019-20.
12 Mar 20PF hears finance secretary Kate Forbes’ plans for a uniquely Scottish approach to economic and welfare policy
12 Mar 20Engagement between neighbours has fallen over the past five years as investment in community services has declined, data has shown.
11 Mar 20Rob Whiteman says that today's Budget failed to answer huge questions about the sustainability of local government funding.
6 Mar 20The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission has voiced his disappointment over a delay to the publication of the government's £100bn National Infrastructure Strategy.
27 Feb 20Reforms to the business rates appeals system have cut down on “speculative” submissions, the government has said.
25 Feb 20The communities secretary has accused opposition MPs of “unnecessary scaremongering” over suggestions that the fair funding formula will see cash diverted from metropolitan councils to shire counties...
20 Feb 20Local authorities in England face a £19bn deficit over the next five years despite the vast majority hiking council tax rates in this year, analysis has found.
12 Feb 20A 10% pay rise for council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is affordable and would benefit the government through savings on benefits and increased tax revenues, unions have said.
11 Feb 20Recent events have seared the need for climate action into the public consciousness, with 74% expecting local communities to react, yet revenue and capital shortages are likely to increase, write Mo...
24 Jan 20“Outcome” is one of those talismanic local government words that has been bludgeoned into near meaninglessness by repetition and ubiquity, argues Grant Thornton’s Martin Ellender.
23 Jan 20Local government employers have been accused by trade unions of delaying pay talks.
21 Jan 20If the prime minister wishes to rebalance the relationship between North and South, he might want to start with local government spending, argues Graham Chapman, councillor at Nottingham City Council...
13 Jan 20Continued financial strain on the health service means councils and the NHS must work together to ensure every penny of funding is used effectively, writes research assistant at the Reform think-tank...
7 Jan 20The Scottish Government has been warned that years of cuts to council budgets will put its own targets on economic growth, climate change and child poverty at risk, as well as weakening pride in...
19 Dec 19Local government will need further assurances about funding, despite the Queen’s speech promising an “ambitious programme of domestic reform”, sector leaders have said.
16 Dec 19Ministers should introduce new legislation and funding to halt the mass sale of council-owned farms in England, a campaign group has said.
13 Dec 19The local government finance settlement must be made a priority by the new government and should be published this year, sector leaders have said.
13 Dec 19After last night’s historic win, Boris Johnson’s government is now left to deliver on their mandate to get Brexit done and finish what they started. But that isn't all they need to do, writes Local...
13 Dec 19The general election leaves local government with on-going questions over long-term funding challenges, especially of social care, PF has been told.
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