VE Day: Council duties under the Armed Forces Covenant
As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Geoff Wild, Legal & Governance Consultant, looks at the duties of councils under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Council tax could easily rise by 5% a year warn finance experts
06/10/2021 English councils will need billlions more from government and big tax rises to maintain services and pay for social care reforms, says new analysis published today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). |
Discrimination twice as high among ethnic minorities in local services
12/04/2021 People from ethnic minority backgrounds are twice as likely to face discrimination when using local services, new research has suggested. |
Districts win in latest allocations
28/04/2020 Districts have won a significantly higher share of funding in the latest allocations of government cash to help councils cope with coronavirus. |
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Councils face £6.5bn funding gap by 2025
06/03/2020 Local services are facing a £6.5bn funding gap over the next five years, town hall chiefs have warned today. |
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Poorer areas to lose 'hundreds of millions' under proposed changes
27/01/2020 Former ‘red wall’ areas are to lose millions of pounds under the fair funding review, analysis by LGA Labour Group has found. |
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Local government faces £25bn funding shortfall by 2025
09/09/2019 Local councils will face a £25bn funding gap by 2025 as funding reforms will shrink grants to almost zero, a new report has argued. |
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Fair Funding Review delayed until next year
05/09/2019 The Fair Funding Review and 75% business rate retention will be delayed until 2020-21. |
