Creating a fairer business rates system
Why a move towards annual valuations is crucial to make business rates better.
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Reforming business rates: Fixing a broken system
A 10-point plan for ensuring that a reformed business rates system puts local economic growth at its heart.
City Minutes
City Minutes: Reforming business ratesBusiness rates are one of the most important taxes for local government, yet our current system has come under huge scrutiny in recent years. The tax has been blamed for the struggles of...
Japanese Cities
What does Japan tell us about the potential for fiscal devolution?Japan’s local government funding model demonstrates that it is possible to achieve both tax devolution to encourage growth and an adequate level of funding for public services across a country
What lies beneath?
A small real terms increase in ‘core spending power’ for local government won’t end the squeeze on council budgets for things such as libraries, parks and economic development.
Scottish Budget 2019: Empowering Scotland’s cities to spend
Scotland’s new council finance plans will empower city leaders to manage their finances according to local need, the rest of the UK should follow their lead.
Cities Outlook 2019
As a decade of austerity comes to end, this year’s edition of Cities Outlook looks at how city spending has changed.
Three reforms needed to tackle the crisis in local government finance
Without fundamental reform of local government finance, more cities will face a funding crisis in the coming years
Options for funding and financing inclusive growth
This table sets out some of tools for funding and financing inclusive growth most effectively