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CCG leaders would quit if budgets given to councils, survey finds
Survey reveals discontent about Labour proposal to increase local government’s influence
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UPDATED: LGA makes £3.3m cuts
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Pension fund mergers mooted
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Court win creates huge rates bill for charity
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Welfare funding announcement imminent
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Government 'keen'on neighbourhood budgets
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Third of councils miss troubled families target
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Job cuts on the cards at LGA
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London demands taxing powers
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Scrutiny committees identify £1.6m savings
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Cipfa slams retrospective council tax penalty
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Solace calls for funding distribution review
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Rouse warns against diversion of social care funds
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Community budget 'lock' mooted for Whitehall
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Hopes of early Dilnot funding dashed
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Third of NHS care cash used to "avoid cuts"
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Improvement board drops adoption focus
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Districts demand planning fee freedom
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Development levy 'must strike a balance'
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Three hundred jobs cut as Herefordshire scales down
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Final spending round cases being presented to Whitehall
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Peer review 'soft but credible'
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MPs question LEP accountability
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Treasury hints of whole place funding model
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REVEALED: Councils' raids on tenant rent accounts
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Employers offer 1% pay rise
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Bids placed for community budget network
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Lords back revised home extensions plan
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Copyright agency eyes scores of councils without licences
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Districts lack confidence in DWP delivery
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Opinion
Celebrating culture in austerity
Hull City Council’s chief executive explains why the authority is willing to spend £10m at a time of austerity to become a UK City of Culture.
Power and control: the state of local government funding
Central government currently controls 60% of local budgets and that needs to change, argues Centre for Cities’ Alexandra Jones and Zach Wilcox
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Briefings
Time for radical service redesign
The LGA’s Daniel Goodwin discusses the vital role local government has to play in the country’s future and how it will be shaped by the coming spending review
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Devolution: An economic imperative
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The council is a catalyst for growth
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Stop the pilots and start the action
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Risk rising as Whitehall shunts costs
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Myths and realities when it comes to EU procurement rules
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Spending review: invest in our success
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Health: ripe for whole place plans
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New homes bonus must be made fairer
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Planning to close the economic gap
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Special report
How a different perspective helps
Council budgets have been set and, as we all expected, they are to shrink
