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Mark Conrad 04 October 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Future of new homes bonus cast in doubt

EXCLUSIVE: Future of new homes bonus cast in doubt image

The future of the £7bn New Homes Bonus (NHB) is in doubt, after Treasury ministers revealed they believe the policy has failed.

A joint Whitehall-Local Government Association panel set up to shape a new business rates retention scheme convened recently to discuss progress. The panel operates alongside a separate body discussing the fair funding review, and both have had detailed discussions about the sector’s financial arrangements beyond revenue support grant (RSG).

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Analysis

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Slavery in supply chains

Tiffany Cloynes and Clare Hardy explore what responsibility councils may have in the future to eliminate slavery and human trafficking in their supply chains.

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Open letter to Boris Johnson

The MJ's editor Heather Jameson asks the new PM a simple question: do you want to fund local government or do you want to scale back services to the basics?

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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.

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