Cuts to planning staff could undermine economic recovery in North West, RTPI claims
Cuts in local planning staff in the North West of up to 30 per cent could undermine economic recovery, according to new research from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
Councils to retain 100 per cent of local tax by 2020
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that from 2020, councils will be allowed to keep all local taxes, including £26 billion of revenue produced from business rates.
One-party councils waste £2.6bn annually, study suggests
A study entitled ‘The Cost of One-Party Councils’ published by Mihály Fazekas of the University of Cambridge, suggests that one-party councils could be wasting up to £2.6 billion per year as a result of ‘weak electoral accountability’.
