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Amendment 3’s Lead Collapses When Voters Learn It Would Cost Local Governments Billions

Polling shows majority support evaporates after nonpartisan estimates of roughly $11.8 billion in lost local revenue are disclosed, leaving the amendment’s November fate unclear as litigation and GOP hesitation reshape the contest.

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Government to Write Off 90% of English Councils’ SEND Deficits in Conditional Bailout

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Derbyshire’s Reform Council Proposes 4.99% Council Tax Rise to Close £38 Million Gap

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Government Tells English Councils Four-Day Week on Full Pay Could Signal Failure

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Three-Year Council Funding Overhaul Boosts Deprived Areas as Six Councils Get Tax-Rise Waiver

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7mo ago

Florida CFO Expands Local Spending Oversight Plan With New Posting Rules, Cut Targets

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7mo ago

Stirling Approves 3% Seasonal Visitor Levy for 2027 as Highland Plan Is Put on Hold

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7mo ago

Hessian Cities Reject Audit Office’s Merger Forecast, Press for Binding Financing

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Reform Councils Confront Funding Crises as Kent Reports 'Critical' £46.5m Overspend

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Bavarian Counties Plan Higher Levies and Heavy Borrowing as Mayors Sound Fiscal Alarm

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Redcar and Cleveland Hands Incinerator Deal to Officers as Tees Valley Project Presses On

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8mo ago

French Departments Sound Fiscal Alarm, Urge Government Action in 2026 Budget

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Florida House Panel Advances Property-Tax Review as Cities Push Back on ‘Waste’ Claims

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Council Funding Overhaul Leaves Inner London Facing Double-Digit Cuts

Local Government Finance

Amendment 3’s Lead Collapses When Voters Learn It Would Cost Local Governments Billions

Launceston Approves 4.9% Rates Rise as Devonport and Burnie Propose Increases

Italy Sets Standard IMU Rules for 2026 as Towns Keep Limited Flexibility

Council Tax Bills In England To Rise 4.9% From April

Seven of Nine Municipalities Back Bus Conversion for Heisei Chikuho Railway

Most England Councils Lock In Near-5% Council Tax Rise for 2026/27

Randwick Moves to Charge Non-Residents for Parking at Seven Sydney Beaches

Government to Write Off 90% of English Councils’ SEND Deficits in Conditional Bailout

Derbyshire’s Reform Council Proposes 4.99% Council Tax Rise to Close £38 Million Gap

Government Tells English Councils Four-Day Week on Full Pay Could Signal Failure

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Three-Year Council Funding Overhaul Boosts Deprived Areas as Six Councils Get Tax-Rise Waiver

Florida CFO Expands Local Spending Oversight Plan With New Posting Rules, Cut Targets

Stirling Approves 3% Seasonal Visitor Levy for 2027 as Highland Plan Is Put on Hold

Hessian Cities Reject Audit Office’s Merger Forecast, Press for Binding Financing

Reform Councils Confront Funding Crises as Kent Reports 'Critical' £46.5m Overspend

Bavarian Counties Plan Higher Levies and Heavy Borrowing as Mayors Sound Fiscal Alarm

Redcar and Cleveland Hands Incinerator Deal to Officers as Tees Valley Project Presses On

French Departments Sound Fiscal Alarm, Urge Government Action in 2026 Budget

Florida House Panel Advances Property-Tax Review as Cities Push Back on ‘Waste’ Claims

Council Funding Overhaul Leaves Inner London Facing Double-Digit Cuts

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