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Council tax
Local authorities push council tax to the limit as some tax bases increase significantly
24 March 2025
24 March 2025
by
Aysha Gilmore
Council Tax
Government takes ‘strict approach’ on council tax increase requests as final finance settlement is unveiled
3 February 2025
3 February 2025
by
Jason Holland
Finance Settlement
Call for stability: Tom Wilkinson urges government to ditch ‘rabbit out of the hat’ approach
28 October 2024
28 October 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
Political parties’ ‘silence’ on local government finance likely to push more councils to the brink
21 June 2024
21 June 2024
by
Jason Holland
Conservatives commit to social care funding, devolution and ‘improving council standards’
11 June 2024
11 June 2024
by
Jason Holland
Council tax needs ‘urgent reform’ says IFS as Hunt rules out band revaluation
6 June 2024
6 June 2024
by
Jason Holland
Government’s use of exceptional financial support “at best careless and maybe reckless”
25 April 2024
25 April 2024
by
Jason Holland
Average council tax rate 5.1% higher than last year
22 March 2024
22 March 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
Birmingham to pay back £1.3bn financial support through asset sales; ‘unprecedented’ savings programme unveiled
20 February 2024
20 February 2024
by
Jason Holland
95% of authorities to implement maximum council tax
20 February 2024
20 February 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
Leigh Whitehouse confirmed as interim Surrey chief executive as £53m is found in efficiencies to deliver balanced budget
7 February 2024
7 February 2024
by
Jason Holland
Medway requests £30.8m in exceptional financial support over two years to avoid s114
6 February 2024
6 February 2024
by
Jason Holland
Harbord: ‘local authority finance may well have got worse in 2024’
6 February 2024
6 February 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
Fix ‘out-of-control’ financial crisis or well-run councils will go bust, say MPs
1 February 2024
1 February 2024
by
Jason Holland
LGA: ‘unthinkable’ settlement leaves councils facing ‘serious challenges’
18 January 2024
18 January 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
Birmingham plans 600 redundancies as £300m budget gap ‘may rise’
18 January 2024
18 January 2024
by
Jason Holland
Somerset seeks to increase council tax to 10% to bridge £100m overspend
8 January 2024
8 January 2024
by
Aysha Gilmore
LUHC Committee demands answers from Michael Gove on local authorities’ financial health
28 November 2023
28 November 2023
by
Jason Holland
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15 May, 2025
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Policy
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Homelessness
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Blogs
The government’s push to merge pools lacks transparency
Blogs
A central/local tension is the cause of the financial crisis