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Managing savings an change in LAs
For its results to be truly effective and enduring, change at local authority level must be introduced gradually and its progress rigorously managed. According…
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2/3rd of LAs might be in financial crisis next year
Two thirds of council leaders expect many local authorities to end up in financial crisis next year, according to the latest survey of local…
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Cosmopolitan HA – lessons learnt report
The English social housing regulator could have prevented the Cosmopolitan Housing Group crisis through more effective routine regulation in the 2000s, a report published…
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Shared services – the future
The notion of sharing has become fundamental to the UK Government’s strategy to cut costs. While shared services is far from a new concept…
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Bring homes back into use by removing Council Tax exemption
The decision to remove council tax exemption for empty homes has helped generate £777,000 of extra revenue for Birmingham City Council. According to LG…
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Payment by results debt collection
Enfield Council has signed a new debt recovery agreement in a bid to collect historic council tax debt previously considered as un-collectable. According to…
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£1m of Big Society capital
A fund designed to help communities take ownership of local assets and services has received a £1m boost. According to LG News: The investment…
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Investment Property Databank – what could it do for you?
Housing associations are ‘absolutely hopeless’ at asset management and aren’t taking a broad enough view of what it means, the chief executive of Helena…
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Risk of increased costs for renewable energy contract delays
A new report from the National Audit Office claims contracts worth £16.6bn awarded to eight renewable generation projects are at risk of delay and…
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Court view of exemptions to council tax on void homes
The Valuation Tribunal for England (the “Valuation Tribunal”) have recently published their long awaited judgment on granting exemptions to pay Council Tax on void…
