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£8 million technology boost for the high street
Published : 30 January 2014

An £8 million initiative, designed to re-invigorate UK high streets, has been announced by the Science and Universities Minister, David ... read more

Guidance on weekly bin collections published
Published : 30 January 2014

Eric Pickles has published the first ever guidance on weekly bin collections, encouraging councils in England to support weekly services. The ... read more

Data reveals £1 billion fall in council tax support
Published : 30 January 2014

Funding for council tax support would fall by £1 billion over the next two years if Government cuts were passed on to residents, according ... read more

Collective switching framework launched
Published : 30 January 2014

Councils can help save their residents money by taking advantage of a new framework which provides the advice and support necessary to join the ... read more

Chuggers held to account
Published : 30 January 2014

Complaints about street fundraisers, or ‘chuggers’, have fallen in the past 12 months following the introduction of a national voluntary ... read more

Bailiffs ‘threaten force’
Published : 30 January 2014

 

 


LGA response to bailiff survey
Published : 30 January 2014

Cllr Sharon Taylor, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Finance Panel, said: “Councils have a responsibility to their taxpayers ... read more

RAC survey on parking profits
Published : 30 January 2014

English councils have made another record surplus from their parking activities. In 2012-13 councils generated a combined ‘profit’ ... read more

Municipal bonds in the offing?
Published : 30 January 2014

Councils are throwing their support behind plans to create a local government collective Municipal Bond Agency which would cut millions from ... read more

Response to inaccurate reports of ‘censoring councils’
Published : 30 January 2014

Brandon Lewis, the Local Government Minister, has responded to inaccurate reports of “censoring councils”. “Town hall pravdas ... read more

Local government finance settlement
Published : 30 January 2014

The ministerial statement by Brandon Lewis, the Local Government Minister, on the provisional local government finance settlement 2014 to 2015. ... read more

Delivering sensible savings and improving services
Published : 30 January 2014

The Autumn Statement recognised that the local government sector has risen to the challenge of reducing the budget deficit left by the last administration. ... read more

Supporting rural areas
Published : 30 January 2014

We accepted in 2013 to 2014 that, based on the available evidence, rural areas had been comparatively under-funded. We therefore made an adjustment ... read more

Protections for councils
Published : 30 January 2014

Alongside this we have increased the protection that the safety net will offer, so that no council will face a loss of more than 6.9% in their ... read more

Keeping council tax down for hard-working people
Published : 30 January 2014

We expect local authorities to protect taxpayers and help bear down on the cost of living. That is why we have provided up to £550 million ... read more

Parish councils and local council tax support
Published : 30 January 2014

We have also set out previously that there is some £3.3 billion in the settlement this year for Council Tax support schemes. There is an ... read more

CCTV ban will ‘put children at risk’
Published : 30 January 2014

Government plans to ban CCTV parking cameras will put schoolchildren at risk, council leaders and head teachers have warned. Councils use CCTV ... read more

Red tape cut reduces further burdens
Published : 30 January 2014

Town hall red tape has been cut by almost one third since 2010 as central government further reduces the reporting requirements on local authorities, ... read more

Holding councils to account
Published : 30 January 2014

As part of the drive to help cut council waste and increase local accountability, new provisions have been announced to strengthen the public’s ... read more

Figures confirm councils have £19 billion in reserves
Published : 30 January 2014

Eric Pickles, the Local Government Secretary, has said that councils are misleading the public if they claim they have no money left, but they ... read more

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