Newport council, which is receiving the highest increase in Welsh government funding from April, has pencilled in a 6.7% ...

UK council tax arrears hit £4.4 billion, forcing 1.3 million cases to bailiffs in 2023/24. London and South East lead in ...

Scotland's councils must learn lessons from case of 'prolonged and significant fraud', a financial watchdog has warned.

The Daviess County Council opened the new year with a bang by giving final approval to a tax break designed to bring in a multi-million-dollar industrial development. The council unanimously approved ...

Councils face budget pressures of £559m next year, equivalent to a 26% council tax rise or the loss of nearly 14,000 jobs, a ...

Industry estimates put a figure on how much food price inflation shoppers are likely to face in the months ahead as chains ...

The tourist tax for visitors to Edinburgh will be set at 5% of accommodation costs, after final details for the proposed levy ...

A Surrey council is inviting residents to have their say on its proposed budget for the 2025/26 term ahead of a strategy ...

Columbus officials determined Tuesday an India-based company has not complied with terms set by an agreement to locate their ...

The proposals come after what was described as a "difficult financial background" though included no significant cuts to ...

Edinburgh Council says a ‘tourist tax’ will raise £50m a year by 2030 - but how will the money be raised and who decides how it is spent?

Between 2006 and 2023, the employee transferred 655 council tax refund payments totalling £1.109m into his own bank account.