Over half of total council tax revenue will be used to pay for social care by the end of the decade, the latest analysis of the future of council finance by the Local Government Association has...
Groups of local authorities should be given complete control over council tax, including the value of bands and the timing of revaluations, the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance has...
The government has pledged that reforms to the system of business rates initiated by George Osborne in the Autumn Statement will not impact on the finances of local authorities.
Councils should be given the right to set business rates and retain any growth in income, while Whitehall should lose its current redistribution powers, the Local Government Association has said.
A pledge by UK party leaders to maintain the Barnett Formula for funding public services in Scotland if there is a no vote in Thursday’s independence referendum will increase demands for English...
The next government must seize the opportunity to devolve financial powers to city regions in England, the Commons’ local government select committee has recommended.
Councils have called for part of the revenue from fuel duty to be given to local authorities so it can be used to quicken the pace of road repairs and avoid a crisis in the state of local...
The Local Government Association's new finance and performance director expects to be a 'broker of understanding' for town halls and Whitehall, he tells Joseph McHugh
