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3 Feb 22
A lack of tax raising powers for devolved authorities in the ‘levelling up’ white paper means local areas will lack the resources needed to transform local economies, according to one local...
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17 Nov 21
Councils' level of business rates income held in reserve to cover future appeals rose by almost a third last year – representing an increase of almost £1bn.
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28 Oct 21
Local government fared better than many expected in Wednesday’s Budget and Spending Review – but a closer look reveals the sector is still likely to face funding pressures.
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3 Jun 21
The lack of government transparency around councils in financial distress makes scrutiny impossible and leaves authorities and service users vulnerable in the wake of Covid-19, MPs have said.
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16 Apr 21
Councils in Wales face funding pressures of £178m by 2022-23 as Covid-19 and slower growth in Welsh government funding impact on authority budgets, according to new analysis.
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2 Mar 21
Council estimates for 2020-21 cost pressures resulting from Covid-19 have risen by 3.5% over the past month, according to statistics from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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26 Jul 19
The chair of the Local Government Association has written to the prime minister to meet with him and ask for a new local government finance act.
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25 Oct 18
Westminster is to end the frustrations of the past and tell local authorities their settlement for the next year on a set date, the government has announced.
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21 Sep 16
A government consultation into council finance has proposed the inclusion of more areas of funding within the four-year settlement offered to local authorities.
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20 Sep 16
Councils are being forced to write off millions of pounds of debt owed to them in business rates because of a loophole in licensing laws, the Local Government Association has said today.
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11 Mar 16
Council tax in England is set to rise by an average of 3.1% next year, according to an analysis by CIPFA, but residents in London will only see a 0.6% average increase.
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14 Dec 15
Despised by some, pitied by others, being a local authority finance director can sometimes be hard to bear in the current climate. What qualities are needed to see the job through?
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27 Jul 15
The new chair of the County Councils Network has called for the forthcoming Spending Review to put local authority finance on a more sustainable footing.
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15 May 15
The new Conservative government has today been urged to implement wholesale reform to local taxation by abolishing council tax bands and replacing them with a flat rate levy on property values, set...