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Provisional local government finance settlement 2021 to 2022: draft local government finance report.
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This document contains the following information: Department for Communities and Local Government annual report 2007.
First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government
A collection of reports published by the Government Actuary's Department concerning the Local Government Pension Scheme.
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This guide helps local authorities prepare for the new single digital Local Land Charges Register.
This document contains the following information: Local government finance (England and Wales): the rate support grant order 1975 report.
Consultation about changing the way local government is funded by allowing councils to retain the business rates they collect.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Budget estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for April 2022 to March 2023.
Document setting out the relationship on finance and performance, between DCLG and the Commission for Local Administration in England.
This document contains the following information: Government response to the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee report 'Market failure? - can the traditional markets survive?'.
A joint letter from the Minister for Levelling Up and the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business to LEP chairs, combined authority mayors, local authority leaders and the Mayor of London.
Provisional local government finance settlement 2014 to 2015: draft local government finance report for 2015 to 2016.
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