Chanceller urged to scrap inflationary business rate rise

17/10/2019

The chancellor has been urged to scrap an increase in business rates in the Autumn Budget, following warnings it will add more than £536m to the business rates burden.

Ombudsman criticises councils for how they chased historic business rate debts

Council overspends £100k due to ‘poor financial management’

Fear of homelessness keeping women in ‘dangerous situations’, report finds

Welfare provision ‘overly centralised’, London council chiefs say

Politics and Policy

Fear of homelessness keeping women in ‘dangerous situations’, report finds

Ombudsman criticises councils for how they chased historic business rate debts

Welfare provision ‘overly centralised’, London council chiefs say

North and Midlands ‘must take control’ of HS2, report says

Human Resources

Government launches care recruitment drive

Nearly £300,000 paid to member of public due to typing error

Council leader steps down to chair controversial tourism firm

Review launched into handling of alleged misconduct of senior council officers

Finance

Chanceller urged to scrap inflationary business rate rise

Council overspends £100k due to ‘poor financial management’

Recycling and refuse top public’s spending priority list

Cities offered over £875,000 to support innovative climate change solutions

Transformation

Sturgeon announces £27m to promote walking and cycling

Suffolk council postpones name change

Queen's Speech 19: Devolution White Paper to set out 'structural reform'

Hull aims to be ‘one of smartest cities in the world’ with new partnership

Health and Social Care

Charity calls for ‘whole Government approach’ to health of young people

Khan announces £4m for London youth workers

Number of young people gambling is ‘emerging’ public health risk

Council adopts fingerprint-based drug testing

Public Property

South Kilburn residents ‘overwhelmingly’ back regeneration

Queen's Speech 19: Whitehall to ‘implement’ new building safety standards

Ashford BC’s local plan ‘legally sound’, court rules

Public property hubs to be delivered in Birmingham and Peterborough

Supporting evidence-based policymaking

Andrew Carter explains how new guidance will help councils decide what services should be prioritised in the wake of swinging cuts.

Mending a shattered society

Local government must be the glue that mends the broken bonds of our communities, writes Donna Hall.

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Local Government News

This issue of Local Government News explores how councils can tackle modern slavery and trafficking in their supply chains, finds out more about Cambridge's first cohousing scheme and the launch of a new project to build a shared service pattern library for local government.

This issue also contains a special focus on children's services and how councils are protecting children following local safeguarding children boards being abolished.