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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...
3 Feb 22A 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...
17 Nov 21Councils' 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.
28 Oct 21Local 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.
3 Jun 21The 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.
16 Apr 21Councils 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.
2 Mar 21Council 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.
26 Jul 19The 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.
25 Oct 18Westminster 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.
21 Sep 16A government consultation into council finance has proposed the inclusion of more areas of funding within the four-year settlement offered to local authorities.
20 Sep 16Councils 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.
11 Mar 16Council 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.
14 Dec 15Despised 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?
27 Jul 15The new chair of the County Councils Network has called for the forthcoming Spending Review to put local authority finance on a more sustainable footing.
15 May 15The 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...
