Download or read book Local Government in the United Kingdom written by David Wilson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During its 13 years of office, Labour's modernization agenda transformed the world of UK local government. Amidst a starkly altered political and economic climate the coalition government formed in 2010 pledged to implement equally radical changes to the system. Taking account of the coalition's programme for government and its first round of spending cuts, the completely revised and updated fifth edition of this popular and established text is timed to take full advantage of this historic juncture. David Wilson and Chris Game provide readers with systematic coverage of the UK's local government. The book examines its defining features, its history, changing structure, operations, functions, financing, and its relations with central government. The fifth edition gives additional emphasis to local government in the devolved regions of the UK, and provides more extensive analysis of centre-local government relations. The authors deliver a thorough critique of Labour's third term in office. Looking ahead, the book anticipates the future of local government under the coalition government. Two themes look likely to dominate policy making: decentralization and cuts to public spending. With its clear, accessible, non-technical style and popular illustrations, Local Government in the United Kingdom will be essential reading for students, practitioners, and anyone with an interest in local politics.

Download or read book Business rate supplements written by Great Britain: H.M. Treasury and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This White Paper sets out the Government's proposal to introduce a power for local authorities and the Greater London Authority (GLA) to raise and retain local supplements on the national business rate, having examined carefully the potential benefits and costs, including economic impacts. Building on the extensive public sector debate on reforms to business rates in England, the recommendations of the Lyons Inquiry (ISBN 9780119898545) and the commitment to consider options for business rate supplements in the review of sub-national economic development and regeneration, the Government's proposed model for business rate supplements involves four levels of protection for business: revenue from supplements will only be available for spending on economic development, such as infrastructure. a national upper limit of 2p in the pound will be set on the level of supplements that can be levied. to protect smaller businesses from disproportionate burdens, properties liable for business rates with a rateable value of £50,000 or less will be exempted from paying supplements. where the supplement will support more than a third of the total cost of the project there will additionally be a full 'double-lock' ballot of businesses affected. Revenues from the supplements will be locally raised and retained, with local decision-making on the duration of any supplement and the specific projects it should be spent on. Only the highest tier local authority in ant area should be entitled to levy supplements. These authorities will be able to raise supplements for projects, within the existing statutory framework.

Download or read book Local Government Financial Statistics England written by Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local government expenditure represents about a quarter of all public expenditure, and the data are used in the monitoring of public expenditure and the compilation of the national accounts. Local government finance data are also used by the Government to inform the allocation of resources to local government and the development and monitoring of local government finance policy. It is also used more widely, by local authorities (including fire, police, transport and waste authorities, libraries and schools), central government, private sector businesses and the general public. This volume contains detailed outturn summaries of local government expenditure and income for years up to 2010-11, the latest year for which complete information is available, and estimates for 2011-12. It brings together local government finance topics all in one place. Topics include revenue expenditure and financing, capital expenditure and financing, local tax, borrowing and investments, pensions and pay and workforce. The structure and responsibilities of local government are also presented.

Download or read book Public Funding of Religions in Europe written by Francis Messner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together legal scholars, canonists and political scientists to focus on the issue of public funding in support of religious activities and institutions in Europe. The study begins by revolving around the various mechanisms put in place by the domestic legal systems, as well as those resulting from the European law of human rights and the law of the European Union. It then goes on to look at state support and particular religious groups. The presentation of European and national law is supplemented by theoretical and interdisciplinary contributions, with the main focus being to bring into discussion and map the relationship between the funding of religions and the economy and to infer from it an attempt at a systematic examination or theorization of such funding. This collection is essential reading for those studying Law and Religion, with particular focus on the countries of the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and Turkey. The views expressed during the execution of the RELIGARE project, in whatever form and or by whatever medium, are the sole responsibility of the authors. The European Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

Download or read book Reform of Local Government Finance in Britain written by Ronan Paddison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1988. This book of readings was compiled during the period between publication of the Green Paper 'Paying for Local Government' (Cmnd 9714) in January 1986 and the passage of the English and Welsh Community Charge (PoIl Tax) Bill through Parliament during the first half of 1988. The Scottish Bill reached the statute book in May 1987. Whilst the Scottish Bill had a fairly easy passage through Parliament that for England and Wales generated a particularly contentious debate centred on the lack of account taken of the ability to pay the tax. This book provides the reader with a balanced and comprehensive examination of the British PoIl Tax system.

Download or read book House of Commons Business Innovation and Skills Committee The Retail Sector Volume I HC 168 I written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee calls for a wholesale review that goes beyond the administration of business rates to examine whether retail taxes should be based on sales rather than the rateable value of a property; whether retail needs its own system of business taxation; and how frequently revaluations should take place. In the interim, the Committee calls for a six months business rates amnesty for businesses occupying empty properties. This would go further than the 50% reduction announced in the Autumn Statement and would encourage new businesses to the High Street. The Committee also recommends that in the interim the Government review whether business rates are more appropriately linked to CPI or RPI and calls for annual increases to be linked to a 12 month average of either RPI or CPI, with a cap at 2%. This would replace the current link to a monthly snapshot of RPI. The Government should provide information on how and how much of the money allocated to the Portas Pilots is being spent. This follows concerns that much of the money allocated to the pilots has not been spent. The Government is also urged to outline the results of its latest STEM skills analysis and outline the action it will take to tackle any skills shortages. The retail sector also needs to encourage more staff to be trained at Apprenticeship Level 3 and above, and consider developing language skills to enhance the international consumers' experience

Download or read book Comparing Devolved Governance written by D. Birrell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines recent evidence of a growing symmetry in the operation of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This book makes one of the first systematic and detailed comparisons of the operation of the devolved institutions and machinery of governance. It uses a comparative approach to explore the key workings of government.

Download or read book The local government finance report England 2008 2009 written by Great Britain: Department for Communities and Local Government and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008-01-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government under section 78A of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. On cover and title page: Local government finance (England)

Download or read book Public expenditure statistical analyses 2013 written by Great Britain: H.M. Treasury and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PESA provides a range of information about public spending, using two Treasury-defined frameworks, so that PESA largely contains different presentations of two date sets. Chapters cover: departmental budgets; economic analyses of budgets; changes in departmental budgets; trends in public sector expenditure; public sector expenditure by function, sub-function and economic category; central government own expenditure; local government financing and expenditure; public corporations; public expenditure by country, region and function; public expenditure by country and sub-function. Various annexes supplement the analysis, including: sources, data quality and conventions; population numbers and GDP inflators.

Download or read book Local government and democracy in Britain written by Neil Barnett and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local government in the UK is in crisis. It is now neither local in terms of the geography and populations of its principle units, nor does it truly govern in these areas. As this book reveals, over the previous 200 years local government has moved from a system in which local interests held governance over localities to one in which central government and national and multi-national agencies such as corporate businesses hold governance over local and community decision-making. These changes seriously undermine the important role that local government can play in liberal democracy in the UK. The book explains the nature of local government today and asks if there is any possibility of change.

Download or read book Yearbook 2005 written by British Retail Consortium and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004-12-24 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Retail Consortium represents UK retailers of all sizes and sectors, and seeks to promote wider understanding of the industry's contribution to the UK economy. This yearbook provides information on the organisation, membership and activities, with a directory of membership. It contains an essay on the value of retailing within the economy as well as other perspectives on retailing, such as: corporate responsibility; emerging markets; falling margins and regional reviews.

Download or read book Tax Law State Building and the Constitution written by Dominic de Cogan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph looks at how tax is intertwined with constitutional law and the state in the UK. It looks at a variety of topics including tax devolution, scrutiny and reform of tax legislation, the protection of taxpayers and the domestic legal processing of international rules and problems. Tax Law, State-Building and the Constitution presents and interrogates five key claims. First, there is a clear overlap between the concerns of tax and constitutional lawyers. Secondly, the tax system is being deeply affected by the fast pace of constitutional change. Thirdly, decisions taken in the tax field are likely to have a reverse influence on the evolution of the constitution. Fourthly, these relationships are heavily context-dependent, with tax making all the difference to some ongoing constitutional controversies whilst having very little to do with others. Fifthly, by acknowledging tax as an important moving part within the contemporary constitution we might understand both tax and constitutional law a little better. The book therefore contributes to deeper theoretical debates on the identity of tax law as a discipline, the relevance of tax to public lawyers, the meaning of state-building in the recent history of a developed country and the importance of public finances to a wider sense of 'what is going on'. These are questions that ought to command the attention of tax and constitutional law academics as well as policy makers and reformers. Runner-up of the 2022 SLS Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.

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Download or read book Local Government Finance Act 2012 written by Great Britain and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Assent, 31st October 2012. An Act to make provision about non-domestic rating; to make provision about grants to local authorities; to make provision about council tax; to make provision about the supply of information for purposes relating to rates in Northern Ireland. Explanatory notes have been produced to assist in the understanding of this Act are available separately (ISBN 9780105617129)

Download or read book Delivering Social Welfare written by Derek Birrell and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the system of social welfare governance and delivery in the United Kingdom faces continued, radical change, this important book argues that this change is so extensive that we should consider it a fundamental transformation or revolution. Assessing twenty years of changes across the whole of the United Kingdom, Derek Birrell and Ann Marie Gray show how a new public governance perspective has replaced the dominance of public management, reflecting the increasingly plural and fragmented nature of public policy implementation. Drawing on examples across a range of policy areas, this comprehensive book unravels the complex ways in which changes in social policy and governance interact in the delivery of social welfare, making it essential reading for welfare researchers, students, and policy makers.

Download or read book Rating and Council Tax Pocket Book written by Matthew Cain Ormondroyd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rating and Council Tax Pocket Book is a concise, practical guide to the legal and practical issues surrounding non-domestic rates and council tax. An essential tool for busy tax collection practitioners in local authorities and private practice, it will also be suitable for a range of non-specialist property professionals who may have to deal with rates and council tax matters as part of their practice. This handy pocket guide is accessible to specialist and non-specialist alike, covering everything from key concepts through to liability, exemptions, procedure and completion notices. The book encompasses both English and Welsh law, and includes all the relevant statutory provisions. With detailed discussion of key cases, this is a book that no one with an interest in rating and council tax should be without.

Download or read book Supporting local economies from Business Rates to Land Value Taxation written by Julian Pratt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-08-16 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes the many disadvantages associated with the National Non-Domestic (Business) Rates in the UK, and proposes replacing them with a Land Value Tax as proposed in the Mirrlees Review. It describes the impact of such a proposal, and proposes the details of a feasibility study that should be conducted by Treasury. Such a reform would reduce the burden of rates on premises that make good use of their site, while increasing the financial costs for sites that are poorly used, underdeveloped, derelict or being held out of use until their sale price rises. Owners of these sites would either have to make good use of their site or sell it to somebody who will. This would make land available for enterprise, stimulate economic growth in areas where the local economy is struggling and provide employment opportunities for local people.