March 22nd, 2023
The rainy day reserves of Worthing Borough Council are to be topped up after the success of a long-running legal battle against HMRC.
In 2011, the Council joined other local authorities from across the UK to challenge HMRC’s ruling that it must pay VAT on income from leisure services.
For more than a decade the local authorities, supported by the accountancy firm KPMG, have argued that not only should they not pay VAT on the income, but that they should be allowed to reclaim the amount they had previously paid to HMRC so they could invest it in services instead.
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March 9th, 2023
Plans to improve the A27 and provide an environmental and economic boost to the region do not go far enough due to a lack of investment and lack of ambition to improve alternatives to car journeys, councillors have warned.
The road, which is a mixture of dual and single carriageway, is the only east-to-west trunk road south of the M25 and is hugely important for both businesses and residents.
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March 9th, 2023
The community will get more say on where thousands of pounds collected from developers will be spent, thanks to changes in how the Worthing Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Neighbourhood Fund is distributed.
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March 8th, 2023
Worthing Borough Council is set to declare an ecological emergency to tackle the ongoing effects of climate change on the environment, wildlife and public health.
The move is an expansion of the Council’s 2019 Climate Emergency Declaration and is part of its ambition to be fair, green and local in both policy and action.
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Worthing’s financial reserves to be topped up after legal victory
The rainy day reserves of Worthing Borough Council are to be topped up after the success of a long-running legal battle against HMRC.In 2011, the Council joined other local authorities from across the UK to challenge HMRC’s ruling that it must pay VAT on income from leisure services.
For more than a decade the local authorities, supported by the accountancy firm KPMG, have argued that not only should they not pay VAT on the income, but that they should be allowed to reclaim the amount they had previously paid to HMRC so they could invest it in services instead.
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March 9th, 2023
Councils criticise A27 plans
Plans to improve the A27 and provide an environmental and economic boost to the region do not go far enough due to a lack of investment and lack of ambition to improve alternatives to car journeys, councillors have warned.The road, which is a mixture of dual and single carriageway, is the only east-to-west trunk road south of the M25 and is hugely important for both businesses and residents.
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March 9th, 2023
Community to suggest where Worthing development cash should be spent
The community will get more say on where thousands of pounds collected from developers will be spent, thanks to changes in how the Worthing Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Neighbourhood Fund is distributed.Read More
March 8th, 2023
Worthing Borough Council set to declare ecological emergency
Worthing Borough Council is set to declare an ecological emergency to tackle the ongoing effects of climate change on the environment, wildlife and public health.The move is an expansion of the Council’s 2019 Climate Emergency Declaration and is part of its ambition to be fair, green and local in both policy and action.
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