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Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis has set out how local retention of business rates will reward councils for local economic growth.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Written Ministerial Statement by Brandon Lewis on the business rates retention scheme.
Orders and changes made by the government and councils in England between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010.
Orders and changes made by the government and councils in England between 1 April 2010 and 30 September 2011.
Written Ministerial Statement by Brandon Lewis on business rates.
The legal minefield that can pressure councils into giving large pay offs to chief executives they want to dismiss is to be ended.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has launched a recruitment process to find 3 new board commissioners.
Green Bus Fund gets extra £20 million in funding.
Councils could invest as much as as £22 billon more of pension fund investments into infrastructure under new proposals.
£20 million extra for Green Bus Fund and investment in carbon buses return toolkit announced.
Baroness Hanham praised the efforts made by Wiltshire Council to manage their assets and save Council Tax payers' money.
Baroness Hanham hails council's trailblazing asset management strategies that are protecting frontline services.
The Government’s revolution to hand power back to local communities moves one step further today under proposals to makes it easier to set up…
Discusses the need to improve the UK's transport infrastructure.
Government action to enshrine Town Hall transparency as an everyday activity will now also open up punitive parking charges to public scrutiny.
Brandon Lewis responds to allegations that postponed revaluation of business rates is being used to raise revenue for government.
Statetment by Brandon Lewis MP on postponement of the business rates revaluation
Information on the appointment of Nick Denton and Kevin Rooney as 2 new traffic commissioners.
Statement by Barnoness Hanham on localising Council Tax support
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today announced new support for local authorities in England to help them freeze council tax for a further…
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