Policy

Local government spending

• From: Department for Communities and Local Government
• Applies to: England (see policy for Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales)

What the government’s doing about local government spending.

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• Local government pension scheme: guidance on preparing and maintaining an investment strategy statement

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 15 September 2016

• Reforming business rates appeals: draft regulations

  • Display type: Open consultation
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 16 August 2016

• Independent Living Fund grant determination 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 22 July 2016

• Business rate retention and non-domestic rates 2015 to 2016

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 20 July 2016

• Whitehall must not be the default destination for repatriated EU powers

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 5 July 2016

• Greg Clark's speech to the LGA conference 2016

  • Display type: Speech
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 5 July 2016

• Historic opportunity for councils to shape their financial future

  • Display type: Press release
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 5 July 2016

• Self-sufficient local government: 100% business rates retention

  • Display type: Closed consultation
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 5 July 2016

• Former Independent Living Fund recipient grant

  • Display type: Consultation outcome
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 12 May 2016

• The decapitalisation rates for the 2017 business rates revaluation

  • Display type: Consultation outcome
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 25 April 2016

• Cabinet Office Commissioning Academy relaunched by social enterprise

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Cabinet Office
  • Updated: 14 April 2016

• The Commissioning Academy: brochure

  • Display type: Guidance
  • From: Cabinet Office
  • Updated: 14 April 2016

• Final guidance on flexible use of capital receipts

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 11 March 2016

• Provisional local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017 and an offer to councils for future years

  • Display type: Consultation outcome
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 10 February 2016

• Final local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017: equality statement

  • Display type: Impact assessment
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 10 February 2016

• Derivation of national total for revenue support grant: local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017 - updated

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 9 February 2016

• New Homes Bonus: final allocations for 2016 to 2017 and consultation on reforming the Bonus

  • Display type: Collection
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Final local government finance settlement: England, 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Collection
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Funding allocations to local authorities paid outside of the local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Collection
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• New Homes Bonus: final allocations 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Council Tax in 2016 to 2017 - updated

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Final New Homes Bonus calculator

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Key information for pools: final local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Key information for local authorities: final local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Local government finance report (England) 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Core spending power: final local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Final local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Statement to Parliament
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 8 February 2016

• Six Local Authorities receive funding for youth services

  • Display type: News story
  • From: Cabinet Office
  • Updated: 12 January 2016

• Provisional local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017: draft equality statement

  • Display type: Impact assessment
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 23 December 2015

• Settlement funding assessment calculation model: local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 18 December 2015

• New Homes Bonus: provisional allocations for 2016 to 2017 and consultation on reforming the Bonus

  • Display type: Collection
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• New Homes Bonus calculator

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• Draft local government finance report (England) 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• New Homes Bonus provisional allocations 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• Derivation of national total for revenue support grant: local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• Key information for pools: provisional local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• Council Tax in 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• Core spending power: provisional local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• Guidance on flexible use of capital receipts

  • Display type: Statutory guidance
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015

• Key information for local authorities: provisional local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

  • Display type: Policy paper
  • From: Department for Communities and Local Government
  • Updated: 17 December 2015