The communities secretary has postponed implementation of changes to local government funding following the Fair Funding Review and to business rates retention.
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...
John Thornton looks at whether it is fair for the Public Accounts Committee to strongly criticised the Cabinet Office over the evidence base and lack of a business case for the National...
Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
Councils have warned that reforms to increase the frequency of business rates revaluations must be properly resourced and contain measures to manage the impact on appeals.
Decentralising the financial system could rebalance growth across the country - and help local authorities as they become increasingly reliant on business rates, suggest Ben Gardiner and Ron...
“Fundamental weaknesses” in a £735m UK aid fund to help the poorest countries have left it neglecting its international development goals, a watchdog has claimed.
Tax havens luring companies engaged in cross-border trade with rock-bottom rates are destroying the century-old global corporate tax system, says an international network.
Our strategic authorities and city regions should be given a seat at the table of international trade for the sake of delivering place-prosperity, argues Localis’s Joe Fyans.
Britain’s government has launched a club to help Latin American companies that invest in the country and will celebrate their contribution to the economy with a new award.
Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
