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28 Mar 18
Three councils face central government intervention after failures to produce a local plan, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has said.
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28 Mar 18
A cross-party group of 98 MPs has called for a parliamentary commission to come up with a more ‘whole system’ improvement to funding of social care.
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27 Mar 18
Councils in England will receive a £100m funding boost to repair potholes in the wake of this winter’s severe weather.
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27 Mar 18
Government commissioners are likely to take control of Northamptonshire County Council’s finances, the communities secretary has announced today.
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27 Mar 18
CIPFA’s Jo Pitt looks at the direction of travel for local government retention of business rates and what to expect over the coming months.
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26 Mar 18
Rural policy should be taken away from the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs, a House of Lords select committee has said.
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26 Mar 18
Local and strategic authorities must take over from central government in developing industrial strategies for their areas, Localis has said today.
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22 Mar 18
The Welsh Government plans to reduce the number of councils in the country from 22 to ten, a green paper released this week has revealed.
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22 Mar 18
Jeremy Hunt has promised an upcoming green paper will “jump start” a debate with the public about how social care should be funded in the future.
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22 Mar 18
Revenue from council tax and business rates in England will not keep pace with a growing social care need – and the funding gap is likely to significantly increase, the Institute for Fiscal Studies...
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21 Mar 18
Mayors have expressed their frustration at a lack of dialogue between central and local government in Brexit negotiations, at a select committee hearing.
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21 Mar 18
Government investment in new-build homes in England has plummeted while spending on housing benefit has soared, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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20 Mar 18
Local government secretary Sajid Javid has ordered an independent review after mistakes were made by his department when calculating business rates retention levels.
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20 Mar 18
Council tax is no longer fit for purpose and should be replaced with a system that is fairer both across and within generations, says Adam Corlett of the Resolution Foundation.
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20 Mar 18
Council tax should be scrapped and replaced with a charge calculated using more up-to-date home values, a Resolution Foundation report out today has said.
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20 Mar 18
All colleagues in the public sector need to get involved in harnessing the benefits technology for a positive change, says CIPFA’s president Andrew Burns.
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19 Mar 18
A group of MPs has told the government to “get its act together” regarding the governance of public-private partnerships set up to boost local economies.
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19 Mar 18
Facts and figures from the March 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on the gender pay gap, PFI savings and the economic impact of international students.
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19 Mar 18
With dementia becoming more prevalent, could ‘smart’ or even everyday home technology help people maintain their quality of life? asks John Thornton.
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19 Mar 18
Finance professionals are being asked for their views on a new means of scrutinising place-based public services, says Ed Hammond
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16 Mar 18
Northamptonshire County Council has accepted the findings of a government-commissioned report that it should be split up and two new unitary councils created.
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15 Mar 18
District councils in Buckinghamshire have responded angrily to government plans to abolish them.
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15 Mar 18
Northamptonshire County Council should get a “new start” by being split into two separate councils following financial mismanagement, a government-commissioned inspection has said today.
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15 Mar 18
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is planning to consult on a statutory override to aspects of a new accounting rule intended to improve the financial reporting of investments.
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15 Mar 18
Many councils are returning to a direct role in local housing provision. This means grappling with planning issues and new forms of local authority ownership, says Janice Morphet.
28 Mar 18Three councils face central government intervention after failures to produce a local plan, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has said.
28 Mar 18A cross-party group of 98 MPs has called for a parliamentary commission to come up with a more ‘whole system’ improvement to funding of social care.
27 Mar 18Councils in England will receive a £100m funding boost to repair potholes in the wake of this winter’s severe weather.
27 Mar 18Government commissioners are likely to take control of Northamptonshire County Council’s finances, the communities secretary has announced today.
27 Mar 18CIPFA’s Jo Pitt looks at the direction of travel for local government retention of business rates and what to expect over the coming months.
26 Mar 18Rural policy should be taken away from the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs, a House of Lords select committee has said.
26 Mar 18Local and strategic authorities must take over from central government in developing industrial strategies for their areas, Localis has said today.
22 Mar 18The Welsh Government plans to reduce the number of councils in the country from 22 to ten, a green paper released this week has revealed.
22 Mar 18Jeremy Hunt has promised an upcoming green paper will “jump start” a debate with the public about how social care should be funded in the future.
22 Mar 18Revenue from council tax and business rates in England will not keep pace with a growing social care need – and the funding gap is likely to significantly increase, the Institute for Fiscal Studies...
21 Mar 18Mayors have expressed their frustration at a lack of dialogue between central and local government in Brexit negotiations, at a select committee hearing.
21 Mar 18Government investment in new-build homes in England has plummeted while spending on housing benefit has soared, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing.
20 Mar 18Local government secretary Sajid Javid has ordered an independent review after mistakes were made by his department when calculating business rates retention levels.
20 Mar 18Council tax is no longer fit for purpose and should be replaced with a system that is fairer both across and within generations, says Adam Corlett of the Resolution Foundation.
20 Mar 18Council tax should be scrapped and replaced with a charge calculated using more up-to-date home values, a Resolution Foundation report out today has said.
20 Mar 18All colleagues in the public sector need to get involved in harnessing the benefits technology for a positive change, says CIPFA’s president Andrew Burns.
19 Mar 18A group of MPs has told the government to “get its act together” regarding the governance of public-private partnerships set up to boost local economies.
19 Mar 18Facts and figures from the March 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on the gender pay gap, PFI savings and the economic impact of international students.
19 Mar 18With dementia becoming more prevalent, could ‘smart’ or even everyday home technology help people maintain their quality of life? asks John Thornton.
19 Mar 18Finance professionals are being asked for their views on a new means of scrutinising place-based public services, says Ed Hammond
15 Mar 18District councils in Buckinghamshire have responded angrily to government plans to abolish them.
15 Mar 18Northamptonshire County Council should get a “new start” by being split into two separate councils following financial mismanagement, a government-commissioned inspection has said today.
15 Mar 18The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is planning to consult on a statutory override to aspects of a new accounting rule intended to improve the financial reporting of investments.
15 Mar 18Many councils are returning to a direct role in local housing provision. This means grappling with planning issues and new forms of local authority ownership, says Janice Morphet.
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