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网页3 天之前 · Martin Lewis: Councils collect unpaid tax like ‘worst loan sharks’. 10/09/2024. Consumer finance expert Martin Lewis has criticised the ‘grotesque’ methods authorities use to recover council tax and urged the Government to change the law on debt collection. ‘Shocking lack of urgency’ to trace children missing from education.
New waste tax could cost councils billions | LocalGov
网页2 天之前 · The tax would come into force in 2028, costing English councils up to £551m that year, research by the Local Government Association (LGA), County Councils Network (CCN) and District Councils’ Network (DCN) has found. The annual bill for could rise as high as £837m by 2036, according to the analysis. Although some costs would be passed on to ...
Rayner confirms four devolution agreements | LocalGov
网页1 天前 · Four devolution agreements have been signed off in what the secretary of state for local government describes as ‘only the first step’ of the Government’s devolution drive. If approved by Parliament, the agreements will empower residents in Lincolnshire and in Hull and East Yorkshire to elect regional mayors. Combined county authorities ...
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网页2024年9月12日 · News | LocalGov. Tewkesbury BC councillors vote in favour of name change. 04/09/2024. Tewkesbury Borough Council has voted to change its name to North Gloucestershire Borough Council following consultation with residents. Liverpool seeks Festival Gardens developer after £60m clean-up. 04/09/2024. Liverpool City Council is …
Council leaders call for sexual health investment | LocalGov
网页1 天前 · Local authority leaders have urged the Government to use the upcoming Autumn Budget to invest in sexual and reproductive health services. Cllr David Fothergill, chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said councils were ‘working tirelessly’ to improve access to contraception and other sexual health services.
The challenges of local government reorganisation | LocalGov
网页4 天之前 · Local government reorganisation is complex, time consuming and provides some significant challenges and new councils will have significant decisions to take post-vesting day. But it is here to stay, and the lessons learned and identified in our research should help councils to prepare for any future changes. #Unitary #Transformation #Leadership ...
LGA | LocalGov
网页2024年7月25日 · Local government culture funding is under threat ‘due to the multitude of funding streams as well as the system for funding bids’, the LGA warns. Implementation of five-year local housing deals by 2025 would lead to 200,000 additional social homes being built over the next three decades, report finds. Major reforms introduced a decade ago ...
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网页Communities secretary Michael Gove today warned of an ‘explosion in antisemitism’ since the outbreak of the latest round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Call for powers to back up funeral director inspections. 01/05/2024. Councils have said they ‘urgently’ need more powers and resources after being tasked with inspecting funeral ...
Local Government Politics and Policy Updates | LocalGov
网页Michael Burton. Michael Burton has been writing and commenting on local government and the public sector for over 25 years as editor and since 2011 editorial director of The MJ plus its portfolio of associated local government titles including themj.co.uk, LocalGov and Surveyor.. He is the author of The Politics of Public Sector Reform from Thatcher to the Coalition (Palgrave Macmillan.
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网页2024年7月10日 · Councillors | LocalGov. The Local Government Association (LGA) has said it was ‘encouraging’ that the new Government signalled an openness to discussing hybrid council meetings. Voters in two north Yorkshire villages have come out overwhelmingly in favour of dissolving the local town council following allegations of bullying.