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As the cryptocurrency hovers around the $10,000 mark, the UK and EU are threatening a bitcoin crackdown to prevent tax evasion and cybercrime

East Hampshire District Council has once again set itself apart from other local authorities up and down the country by cutting council tax bills Yes, you read that right: For the second consecutive year, East Hampshire District Council is cutting council tax rates. Following a 2% reduction last year, the...

The Local Government Association warns that cuts to other services are inevitable as council tax rises will fail to plug the adult social care funding gap Council tax rises from this April will not raise enough to avoid more deep cuts to local services next year, the Local Government Association...

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid says £900 million will be made available for councils to pay for social care over the next two years Government was criticised when social care funding was not addressed – or even mentioned – in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last month. The “unanimous and unequivocal” warning...

Local authorities across Essex are out of pocket to the tune of £10m due to council tax fraud or errors… Council tax fraud or errors with payments is costing local authorities across Essex some £10m. The figure was released as Essex councils launch a new partnership aimed at tackling this...

Coventry City Council is owed an estimated £13.9m in unpaid council tax, it has emerged… Coventry City Council is owed more than double the amount of money it cut from its budget in unpaid council tax. Data, which was published by the Department for Communities and Local Government, revealed that Coventry...

Citizens Advice has called upon local authorities to amend harsh practices used to collect council tax following a 33 per cent surge in the number of requests for help with debts… Over the past three years there has been a 33 per cent increase in the number of requests for...

The National Audit Office has delivered a blow to HMRC customer services after revealing taxpayers calling the department lost the equivalent of £97m last year… Calling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) cost taxpayers a whopping £97m last year, according to spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO). This is not the...

Hertfordshire County Council has delivered services despite major cuts, but will now need to increase council tax to meet budget shortfalls… Despite its revenue budget falling every year since 2010 and facing challenges such as an increasing ageing population, Hertfordshire County Council said it has managed to deliver essential services. The council...

A think tank has called for the government to give local authorities more power to amend taxes and raise revenue… A report from think tank Centre for Cities has called for devolution powers to go further and give local authorities more control over their revenue. Centre for Cities said plans to...

The government has announced it is considering reducing tax credits for millions of working families as it prepares to cut £12bn from the welfare budget... The issue of welfare was a significant area of contention before election. The Conservatives announced plans to slice £12bn from budget, but only hinted at the areas...

Gregor Paterson-Jones, Managing Director of Energy Efficiency at the Green Investment Bank (GIB) details how a street lighting revolution could save local authorities millions of pounds The orange glow from their sodium-vapour bulbs is as much a part of the urban landscape as cracked pavements and pot-holed roads. Yet Britain’s streetlights...

New research has revealed that almost all British workers are taking home less money in real terms than in 2001, with men and young people feeling the toughest pinch Figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) have revealed that wages were one per cent lower in the third quarter...

The use of open source software has exploded in recent years, with an estimated €1 billion invested in open source technology within Europe in 2018 alone This trend is only growing stronger, as organisations look to access the benefits of agility and scalability that non-proprietary code can offer. Since open source software is...

Dr Paul Rübig MEP from the Scientific Committee of the European Parliament (STOA) states the case for research and science as forms of life insurance for Europe in an era of globalisation.

Graeme Taylor, director of public affairs at European Crop Protection Association reveals the impact of technology on the pesticide approval process

Germany’s Ministry of Education and Research has put in place a strategy for open access to research publications funded with public money Open access scientific publications are made available to the public free of charge via the Internet – in a digital magazine, on a website, or in an online...

Ralph Cockburn, Senior Counter Fraud Investigator Apprenticeship Tutor at Intelligencia Training discusses combatting fraud in the public sector through prevention skills.

Tom Rahder, from business communications provider, Esendex, discusses how using mobile messaging can improve a local authority’s productivity and efficiency as pressures on finances and services continue to rise.

Five individuals have pleaded guilty to orchestrating a benefit fraud scheme amounting to £53.9 million, marking the largest case of its kind in England and Wales.