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27 May 22
Scotland could have to make spending cuts and increase taxes to help fill a medium-term budget deficit, experts have warned.
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26 May 22
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a windfall tax on energy companies’ “extraordinary” profits to help fund support measures aimed at helping people through the cost-of-living crisis.
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20 May 22
The Northern Irish government could be given responsibility for setting and collecting income tax by 2027, matching agreements in Scotland and Wales, if there is political will to do so, a report has...
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6 May 22
Councils have called for clarity over proposed compensation levels after the government announced it will press ahead with plans to remove large telecom companies and railway services from local...
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19 Apr 22
Proposals to abolish section 106 charges in favour of a new infrastructure tax could disincentivise investment in poorer regions, working against 'levelling up', according to experts....
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6 Apr 22
The funding committed to social care bodies through Health and Social Care Levy, which went live today, is not enough to meet cost pressures and sector reforms, according to an expert.
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30 Mar 22
Clive Betts, chair of Parliament's Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, has demanded answers from communities secretary Michael Gove on how councils can administer energy rebates to...
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24 Mar 22
A lack of detail on how proposed national insurance changes will affect health and social care budgets shows the claimed link between the two is 'absurd', according to experts.
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22 Mar 22
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have some ‘wiggle room’ to help tackle the rising cost of living in his Spring Statement as government borrowing undershoots forecasts, according to an influential...
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17 Mar 22
The government must clarify how councils administer energy bill rebates to ensure that nobody misses out on payments, according to Clive Betts, chair of Parliament's Levelling Up, Housing and...
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16 Mar 22
The government’s decision to freeze income tax bands will provide the government with £20bn additional revenue a year, more than double initial forecasts, according to the Institute for Fiscal...
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1 Mar 22
Devolving control of some taxes to local authorities could harm the 'levelling up' agenda by deepening financial issues in poorer regions, a senior minister has warned.
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28 Feb 22
An online sales tax to offset the loss of business rates income could raise up to £2.5bn a year and might cover all remote purchases – including those made via mail order and telephone – ...
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23 Feb 22
The UK government could fund its ‘levelling up’ ambitions by raising taxes on high income earners without increasing the national deficit, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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10 Feb 22
Public bodies owe an estimated £260m in tax, after they were given insufficient time to adopt changes to employment regulations, according to the National Audit Office.
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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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10 Jan 22
Local government secretary Michael Gove has suggested that higher taxes could be levied on property developers as a “backstop” to fund the £4bn removal of dangerous Grenfell-style cladding.
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24 Nov 21
The Housing Communities and Local Government Committee is set to examine how authorities in England pursue council tax arrears.
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28 Oct 21
The government has shied away from a fundamental reform of the business rate system in the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review, with experts saying councils still lack long-term...
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15 Oct 21
Local authorities in England will need to raise council tax by 10% next year, just to enable adult social care services to stand still, according to a charity.
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1 Oct 21
The government must take seriously ideas for tax devolution, including local income and tourist levies, to give councils in England more certainty over funding, according to MPs.
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17 Sep 21
Fraud accounted for almost half of the tax lost in 2019-20, which is a much bigger problem than previously thought, a think tank has said.
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17 Sep 21
The recently announced social care reforms are welcome, but councils are still in the dark over how long-term care will be funded, says Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government...
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15 Sep 21
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that the social care sector will not get as much money as it needs under the new health and social care levy.
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14 Sep 21
Scottish National Party members have supported a motion calling for local authorities to be allowed a more permissive environment to raise revenues to help fund services.
27 May 22Scotland could have to make spending cuts and increase taxes to help fill a medium-term budget deficit, experts have warned.
26 May 22Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a windfall tax on energy companies’ “extraordinary” profits to help fund support measures aimed at helping people through the cost-of-living crisis.
20 May 22The Northern Irish government could be given responsibility for setting and collecting income tax by 2027, matching agreements in Scotland and Wales, if there is political will to do so, a report has...
6 May 22Councils have called for clarity over proposed compensation levels after the government announced it will press ahead with plans to remove large telecom companies and railway services from local...
19 Apr 22Proposals to abolish section 106 charges in favour of a new infrastructure tax could disincentivise investment in poorer regions, working against 'levelling up', according to experts....
6 Apr 22The funding committed to social care bodies through Health and Social Care Levy, which went live today, is not enough to meet cost pressures and sector reforms, according to an expert.
30 Mar 22Clive Betts, chair of Parliament's Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, has demanded answers from communities secretary Michael Gove on how councils can administer energy rebates to...
22 Mar 22Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have some ‘wiggle room’ to help tackle the rising cost of living in his Spring Statement as government borrowing undershoots forecasts, according to an influential...
17 Mar 22The government must clarify how councils administer energy bill rebates to ensure that nobody misses out on payments, according to Clive Betts, chair of Parliament's Levelling Up, Housing and...
16 Mar 22The government’s decision to freeze income tax bands will provide the government with £20bn additional revenue a year, more than double initial forecasts, according to the Institute for Fiscal...
1 Mar 22Devolving control of some taxes to local authorities could harm the 'levelling up' agenda by deepening financial issues in poorer regions, a senior minister has warned.
28 Feb 22An online sales tax to offset the loss of business rates income could raise up to £2.5bn a year and might cover all remote purchases – including those made via mail order and telephone – ...
10 Feb 22Public bodies owe an estimated £260m in tax, after they were given insufficient time to adopt changes to employment regulations, according to the National Audit Office.
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...
10 Jan 22Local government secretary Michael Gove has suggested that higher taxes could be levied on property developers as a “backstop” to fund the £4bn removal of dangerous Grenfell-style cladding.
1 Oct 21The government must take seriously ideas for tax devolution, including local income and tourist levies, to give councils in England more certainty over funding, according to MPs.
17 Sep 21Fraud accounted for almost half of the tax lost in 2019-20, which is a much bigger problem than previously thought, a think tank has said.
17 Sep 21The recently announced social care reforms are welcome, but councils are still in the dark over how long-term care will be funded, says Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government...
15 Sep 21Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that the social care sector will not get as much money as it needs under the new health and social care levy.
14 Sep 21Scottish National Party members have supported a motion calling for local authorities to be allowed a more permissive environment to raise revenues to help fund services.
