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Councils will see their Whitehall funding rise by £3.1 billion to £65 billion next year, local government minister Phil Woolas has announced. He said the 4.9 per cent increase represented a “good settlement” and warned local authorities there was no excuse for hikes in council tax or cuts in services next year. “By the end… Read more »
The government must act to ensure the collapse of savings club Farepak “never happens again”, a committee of MPs has warned. The Treasury select committee said the case, in which more than 100,000 people lost over £43 million of Christmas savings, highlighted a “serious lack of consumer protection” in the industry. In a new report… Read more »
