Norse chief executive Justin Galliford considers the lessons to be learned from recent high-profile financial calamity experienced by local authorities investing to generate revenue, and suggests an...
Rising service demand combined with high inflation and rising interest rates has made delivering a balanced budget “very difficult to achieve” without further government support, a councillor at...
The failure to meet best value duty has forced the government to step up its intervention in the London Borough of Croydon, giving the independent panel a statutory footing.
Managing housing services within Newcastle City Council could save nearly £1m a year compared with existing arrangements, freeing up money to be invested in improving the housing stock and serving...
The government’s supposed flagship policy of levelling up will fail if councils do not receive additional funding and powers, experts have said after one of the policy’s original architects said...
A central body with powers to oversee local authorities could help prevent disasters similar to the recent collapses in the sector, experts have told PF.
Concerns over how costs of a planned airport expansion were accounted for mean Luton Borough Council’s external auditors could qualify their opinion on four-year-old accounts still yet to be signed...
Giving county councils funding and power to encourage business growth and regional development could see rural areas close the gap with their city counterparts, leaders have said.
Failing to deliver £86m of cuts and effectively manage spending would put Kent County Council in a “perilous financial position” on the brink of issuing a section 114 notice, its external auditors...
Rising service demand and debt costs have led two borough councils to warn they risk issuing section 114 notices, with one perhaps coming as soon as October.
Proposals to increase council tax rates in Scotland will impact the highest value properties and make the levy less regressive, ministers and local leaders have said.
The news agenda moves fast. Stay on top of some key stories from around the sector. Here we cover: Kent asking for a judicial review, rising children’s services costs, council staff hiding second...
All non-essential spending has stopped at Birmingham City Council as officials reckon with an expected £860m hit from historic equal pay issues and a faltering IT system implementation.
