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3 Sep 18
Abolishing business rates and taxing land values instead would benefit businesses in 90% of English local authority areas, a Liberal Democrat report has claimed.
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31 Aug 18
The number of elderly people needing full-time care in England is expected to double by 2035, a study has warned.
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30 Aug 18
Government spending to promote migrant integration should increase by £15m a year, a think-tank report has urged.
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30 Aug 18
The government must end the freeze on private rent housing benefits to help low income tenants cover their rent, a housing group has urged.
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30 Aug 18
A Scottish council has warned that a £5.1m overspend could put its already precarious level of reserves at risk.
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29 Aug 18
England has been “left behind” as other countries get on with modernising their social care systems for an increasingly ageing population, campaigners said today.
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29 Aug 18
Two Northamptonshire councils have voted to accept unitary reorganisation, which means the decision can now be sent to secretary of state James Brokenshire.
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29 Aug 18
The recalculation of local government funding allocations should take into account all the ways councils could bring in money, explains the IFS’s Neil Amin-Smith.
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28 Aug 18
Councils are taking earlier enforcement action to collect unpaid business rates as they become increasingly reliant on this income, real estate advisors have claimed.
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28 Aug 18
CIPFA’s proposed financial resilience index is too simplistic and will not provide a “meaningful assessment” of an authority’s financial health, local government chief executives have said.
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24 Aug 18
Lancashire County Council’s accounts are to be given the green light following a delay caused by a controversial loan, the council has said.
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24 Aug 18
A charity network has urged the government to crackdown on rogue bailiffs as households in the UK have fallen £19bn behind on essential bills.
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23 Aug 18
Government figures out today revealed the pressures on children’s services as English councils overspend by £800m in this area last financial year.
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23 Aug 18
Local authorities will benefit from a £13m funding boost to help vulnerable children, the Home Office has said.
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22 Aug 18
The ruling over Northamptonshire’s library closure plans is a reminder that libraries are a statutory service – so more should be made of them, says Cilip’s Mark Taylor.
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22 Aug 18
Inner London councils are set to lose out from the fair funding review, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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21 Aug 18
Allowing councils to buy agricultural land at ‘fair market value’ could ease the housing crisis, housing groups and think-tanks have said.
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21 Aug 18
The long-awaited social housing green paper, published last week, pledged to support local authorities to build more. But the Chartered Institute of Housing’s David Pipe says it did not go far...
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21 Aug 18
Torbay Council has become the latest local authority to hit financial troubles and has placed spending restrictions on all non-urgent expenditure.
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20 Aug 18
The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
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17 Aug 18
Councils in Northamptonshire have put forward their joint proposal for two new unitary authorities.
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17 Aug 18
Portsmouth City Council could lose at least £2.5m after deciding to shut down its own energy company before it was up and running.
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17 Aug 18
Local authorities spent £2.1m last year on injury claims made by pedestrians, according to research by an insurance company.
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16 Aug 18
The lowest proportion of people were employed in the UK's public sector in March 2018 since comparable records began 13 years ago, ONS figures have shown.
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16 Aug 18
Warrington Borough Council faces a delayed sign off of its accounts following an objection over an investment in a bank.
3 Sep 18Abolishing business rates and taxing land values instead would benefit businesses in 90% of English local authority areas, a Liberal Democrat report has claimed.
31 Aug 18The number of elderly people needing full-time care in England is expected to double by 2035, a study has warned.
30 Aug 18Government spending to promote migrant integration should increase by £15m a year, a think-tank report has urged.
30 Aug 18The government must end the freeze on private rent housing benefits to help low income tenants cover their rent, a housing group has urged.
30 Aug 18A Scottish council has warned that a £5.1m overspend could put its already precarious level of reserves at risk.
29 Aug 18England has been “left behind” as other countries get on with modernising their social care systems for an increasingly ageing population, campaigners said today.
29 Aug 18Two Northamptonshire councils have voted to accept unitary reorganisation, which means the decision can now be sent to secretary of state James Brokenshire.
29 Aug 18The recalculation of local government funding allocations should take into account all the ways councils could bring in money, explains the IFS’s Neil Amin-Smith.
28 Aug 18Councils are taking earlier enforcement action to collect unpaid business rates as they become increasingly reliant on this income, real estate advisors have claimed.
28 Aug 18CIPFA’s proposed financial resilience index is too simplistic and will not provide a “meaningful assessment” of an authority’s financial health, local government chief executives have said.
24 Aug 18Lancashire County Council’s accounts are to be given the green light following a delay caused by a controversial loan, the council has said.
24 Aug 18A charity network has urged the government to crackdown on rogue bailiffs as households in the UK have fallen £19bn behind on essential bills.
23 Aug 18Government figures out today revealed the pressures on children’s services as English councils overspend by £800m in this area last financial year.
23 Aug 18Local authorities will benefit from a £13m funding boost to help vulnerable children, the Home Office has said.
22 Aug 18The ruling over Northamptonshire’s library closure plans is a reminder that libraries are a statutory service – so more should be made of them, says Cilip’s Mark Taylor.
22 Aug 18Inner London councils are set to lose out from the fair funding review, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
21 Aug 18Allowing councils to buy agricultural land at ‘fair market value’ could ease the housing crisis, housing groups and think-tanks have said.
21 Aug 18The long-awaited social housing green paper, published last week, pledged to support local authorities to build more. But the Chartered Institute of Housing’s David Pipe says it did not go far...
21 Aug 18Torbay Council has become the latest local authority to hit financial troubles and has placed spending restrictions on all non-urgent expenditure.
20 Aug 18The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
17 Aug 18Councils in Northamptonshire have put forward their joint proposal for two new unitary authorities.
17 Aug 18Portsmouth City Council could lose at least £2.5m after deciding to shut down its own energy company before it was up and running.
17 Aug 18Local authorities spent £2.1m last year on injury claims made by pedestrians, according to research by an insurance company.
16 Aug 18The lowest proportion of people were employed in the UK's public sector in March 2018 since comparable records began 13 years ago, ONS figures have shown.
16 Aug 18Warrington Borough Council faces a delayed sign off of its accounts following an objection over an investment in a bank.
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