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2025年1月31日 · Committee ‘disappointed’ after DHSC snubs ICB intervention request. 31/01/2025. Oxfordshire's Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee has said it is ‘disappointed’ at the DHSC’s decision not to intervene in the restructuring of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB.

5 天之前 · Local government reorganisation is the process of changing the structure, functions and responsibilities of councils. What are the Government’s plans? In December, the Government published its English Devolution White Paper, which involves a new programme of local government reorganisation ...

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 …

3 天之前 · Image: Dmitrijs Kaminskis / Shutterstock.com. The new Lancashire combined county authority has officially come into being. Jim McMahon, the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, has signed off on the new authority, granting new powers to decision makers in Lancashire.

2025年1月15日 · Cash-strapped Thurrock Council has pledged residents will not face a 10% council tax rise – but still needs to confirm how much extra they must pay. Somerset Council is to seek a capitalisation direction and permission to raise council tax by up to 10% as it attempts to stave off a section 114 ...

6 天之前 · Image: Rupert Rivett / Shutterstock.com. Councils facing financial woes have been told to scale back council tax rises, just weeks before they put their new budgets in place. Several authorities were expected to increase council tax above referendum threshold in a bid to balance their books – and ...

2024年12月13日 · Image: Yau Ming Low / Shutterstock.com Local government has called for a ‘fundamental review of council tax' in a long-awaited report. The report by senior officers' group Solace, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Local Government Association (LGA) argued referendum limits should be abolished and authorities should be given the powers to vary all council tax ...

2024年11月14日 · Image: ShaunWilkinson / Shutterstock.com. Council tax increases will be kept at the 5% cap next year, Labour have confirmed. Kemi Badenoch yesterday in the Commons questioned the Prime Minister about the threshold limiting the amount councils can increase council tax by without a referendum.

2024年11月21日 · A think-tank has urged the Government to show ‘political courage’ in reforming the local government finance system in next spring’s comprehensive spending review.