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Finance

London councils call for funding reforms after Spring statement

London councils have renewed calls for local government funding to be reformed following the Spring statement. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech, delivered yesterday (26 March), laid...
North East

Government yet to respond to TVCA letter, even after ‘six months’

Six months after sending a letter to the Government, a combined authority is still waiting for a response. Thursday 27 March marks exactly six months...
London

Sir Sadiq Khan’s policing deputy ‘questioned’ on ‘confidence’ in the Metropolitan Police

Sir Sadiq Khan’s policing deputy faced questions on Wednesday over the continually low levels of trust and confidence Londoners have in the Metropolitan Police. The...
Education

Sir Sadiq Khan in support of student accommodation opposite Paddington station

Sir Sadiq Khan has intervened after Westminster City Council refused to approve plans for a 20-storey student accommodation block on the canal opposite Paddington...
Campaigns

Rally in Newcastle after warns of benefit cuts by Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves has been warned that swingeing benefit cuts pose a severe threat to the lives and livelihoods of disabled people in the North...
Finance

Yorkshire Councils receive cash to help tackle “pothole plague”

Councils in Yorkshire and the Humber must prove that they are tackling the pothole “plague” or lose cash. This comes as £1.6bn in government cash...
London

Sir Sadiq Khan expresses ‘support’ for overnight ‘tourist tax’

Sir Sadiq Khan has voiced his support for a London ‘tourist tax’ in a move which could eventually see overnight visitors charged extra for...
Policy

Teesside MPs ‘set out their views’ on social security changes

Teesside MPs have reacted to social security changes announced by the Government this week. On Tuesday, 18 March, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall,...
Finance

Council tax ‘rising by around 5%’ across the North East

Council tax bills across the North East are rising by around 5% this year, as MPs complain that the “regressive” charges are in need...
Business & Finance

Slough Borough Council wrote-off ‘eyewatering’ unpaid business rates

An ‘eyewatering’ £382,000 in unpaid business rates has been written off by Slough Borough Council with the agreement of council leaders, with one branding...
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