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21 May 20
The government has announced it will quadruple the size of loans available through the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme from £50m to £200m.
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14 May 20
UK GDP contracted by 2% in the first quarter of this year, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, according to statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
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7 May 20
The government has postponed the business rate revaluation by a year due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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30 Mar 20
The coronavirus pandemic is on course to cause the deepest recession in the UK since the financial crisis of 2008, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
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18 Mar 20
Rishi Sunak has expanded the 100% business rates holiday to all leisure, retail and hospitality businesses, as he updated the Treasury's coronavirus package.
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12 Mar 20
Another fundamental review of business rates has been announced by the Treasury.
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27 Jan 20
Thousands of pubs in the UK will be given a business rates discount of £1,000 from April, the government has announced.
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3 Dec 19
The number of outstanding business rates challenges jumped by 35% over a three-month period - from 9,260 in at the end of June 2019 to 12,580 by the end of September 2019, official figures have shown...
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20 Nov 19
Local authority revenue from business rates has risen for a fifth consecutive year amid political leaders’ pledges to overhaul the system.
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18 Nov 19
Boris Johnson’s pledge to review and cut business rates “clearly” poses a risk to local government revenue, PF has been told.
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5 Nov 19
The government’s business rates retention plans will exacerbate income inequality between councils in England in its first four years, analysis has shown.
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23 Oct 19
MPs have lambasted the government for an “astonishing void of economic information” surrounding its latest Withdrawal Agreement Bill.
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22 Oct 19
Local areas must be given more devolved powers and funding to push forward climate-friendly industrial strategies, think-tanks have said.
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15 Oct 19
The troubled Woodford fund is to be wound up, leaving Kent County Council waiting longer than expected for repayments.
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15 Oct 19
An independent Scotland could become a bridge between the EU and the UK, and a “magnet for global investment”, first minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to tell the SNP’s annual conference this...
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11 Oct 19
Additional paperwork, a likely fall in the pound and greater widening of economic divides - the negatives of a no-deal Brexit add up to an act of economic self-harm, says the executive director of...
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2 Oct 19
Boris Johnson has promised no checks “at or near the border in Northern Ireland”, in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
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2 Oct 19
The Queen’s Speech should be used to reinvigorate the devolution agenda, local government leaders have said.
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1 Oct 19
The Scottish Government has defended its decision to bail out private companies after it was criticised by auditors for having substantially reduced the value of £140m in loans and guarantees.
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27 Sep 19
Labour has pledged to create state-owned pharmaceutical companies to supply the NHS, with the aim of improving patient access to medicines.
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19 Sep 19
A no-deal Brexit would be likely to push the UK into recession next year and mean 2% less growth, according to an umbrella group for developed countries.
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17 Sep 19
Local authority investment in shopping centres is expected to hit £1bn over a four-year period, analysis has found.
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5 Sep 19
The communities secretary has postponed implementation of changes to local government funding following the Fair Funding Review and to business rates retention.
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23 Aug 19
Local government currently has no certainty over funding and must ensure political parties see giving it greater control over its finances as a manifesto issue, says Localis’ Jonathan...
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17 Aug 19
Labour has unveiled a five-point plan to help local authorities “revive” struggling high streets.
21 May 20The government has announced it will quadruple the size of loans available through the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme from £50m to £200m.
7 May 20The government has postponed the business rate revaluation by a year due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
18 Mar 20Rishi Sunak has expanded the 100% business rates holiday to all leisure, retail and hospitality businesses, as he updated the Treasury's coronavirus package.
12 Mar 20Another fundamental review of business rates has been announced by the Treasury.
27 Jan 20Thousands of pubs in the UK will be given a business rates discount of £1,000 from April, the government has announced.
3 Dec 19The number of outstanding business rates challenges jumped by 35% over a three-month period - from 9,260 in at the end of June 2019 to 12,580 by the end of September 2019, official figures have shown...
20 Nov 19Local authority revenue from business rates has risen for a fifth consecutive year amid political leaders’ pledges to overhaul the system.
18 Nov 19Boris Johnson’s pledge to review and cut business rates “clearly” poses a risk to local government revenue, PF has been told.
23 Oct 19MPs have lambasted the government for an “astonishing void of economic information” surrounding its latest Withdrawal Agreement Bill.
22 Oct 19Local areas must be given more devolved powers and funding to push forward climate-friendly industrial strategies, think-tanks have said.
15 Oct 19The troubled Woodford fund is to be wound up, leaving Kent County Council waiting longer than expected for repayments.
15 Oct 19An independent Scotland could become a bridge between the EU and the UK, and a “magnet for global investment”, first minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to tell the SNP’s annual conference this...
11 Oct 19Additional paperwork, a likely fall in the pound and greater widening of economic divides - the negatives of a no-deal Brexit add up to an act of economic self-harm, says the executive director of...
2 Oct 19Boris Johnson has promised no checks “at or near the border in Northern Ireland”, in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
2 Oct 19The Queen’s Speech should be used to reinvigorate the devolution agenda, local government leaders have said.
1 Oct 19The Scottish Government has defended its decision to bail out private companies after it was criticised by auditors for having substantially reduced the value of £140m in loans and guarantees.
27 Sep 19Labour has pledged to create state-owned pharmaceutical companies to supply the NHS, with the aim of improving patient access to medicines.
17 Sep 19Local authority investment in shopping centres is expected to hit £1bn over a four-year period, analysis has found.
5 Sep 19The communities secretary has postponed implementation of changes to local government funding following the Fair Funding Review and to business rates retention.
