Crisis-hit Slough Borough Council has been instructed to sell the majority of its property holdings in a bid to get its finances back on a sustainable footing.
The government is set to amend legislation so that local authorities can exit contracts with Russian companies, ensuring public funds do not contribute to the nation’s “barbaric war machine”.
The Scottish government has been told it should provide local authorities with a multi-year financial settlement to enable robust medium-term planning amid long-term funding reductions.
English councils may need to spend much more than the government has forecast when implementing reforms aimed at reducing the long-term cost of social care.
A county council in the north of England has issued a Section 114 notice over unlawful spending on commercial ventures and additional payments to its chief executive.
A lack of funding for staff development and challenges around the recruitment of new officers is preventing the internal audit function from reaching its full potential, according to a CIPFA report.
Local authorities in England should be mandated to work more collaboratively as part of a system reset aimed at reducing profiteering in children’s care, according to an independent review.
The upcoming national care review has been tipped as a “once-in-a-generation” chance to reform how councils support vulnerable children at risk of harm, after rising demand caused costs to increase...
A watchdog has warned that a proposed merger of waste management firms could reduce competition and lead to more costly and lower quality services for councils.
An English county council is set to reallocate funds earmarked for construction projects to help close a forecast £4.5m gap in its structural maintenance programme as soaring inflation puts pressure...
A council in south east England has discussed its high debt levels with the government, amid concerns it could fall foul of proposed capital risk interventions.
Seventeen district and borough councils in England will receive directions from the government limiting capital spending and procurement before they are replaced by new unitary authorities next year.
A council in south west England will borrow up to £10m to fund “critical” temporary accommodation to house homeless families amid the cost-of-living crisis.
The government is set to restrict new local authority borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board if it believes the council is at risk of not repaying.
The government has published statutory guidance seeking to restrict the level of exit payments made to local government employees above statutory or contractual limits.
An English city council is restructuring a debt owed by its landmark seafront attraction to ensure it is repaid “as quickly as possible” following three years of missed payments, but has delayed a...
CIPFA / LASAAC has launched an urgent consultation on changes to the local authority accounting code to deal with infrastructure reporting issues currently holding up the sign-off of some sets of...
Levelling up minister Michael Gove has suggested that the government could fail to hit its manifesto pledge to provide 300,000 new homes a year by 2025.
Local authority borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board remains low following four Bank of England interest rates hikes, after councils capitalised on record low finance last year,...
An English council could sell off some of its offices for redevelopment after flexible working arrangements and years of staff cuts left them surplus to requirements.
More than a quarter of the most deprived authorities in England had bids rejected for funding from the government’s Levelling Up Fund, according to reports.
Liverpool City Council is set to pay a further £4.5m for its electricity this year, after delays meant it failed to agree a contract before its supplier suspended commercial services.
