Some deprived areas risk missing out on ‘levelling up’ money because of eligibility criteria, raising questions over the methodology, which put ministers’ seats in priority positions for funding.
Medium-term cuts to public sector spending outlined in the Budget could see a return to austerity for some departments including justice and local government, an economist has warned.
The newly announced UK Infrastructure Bank will offer £4bn of loan to authorities at the same interest cost as local infrastructure rates formerly offered through the Public Works Loan Board.
A new Treasury campus in Darlington, the location of eight ‘freeports’ and details of how local authorities can bid for a £4.8bn infrastructure fund are among a series of Budget measures aimed at ‘...
Council estimates for 2020-21 cost pressures resulting from Covid-19 have risen by 3.5% over the past month, according to statistics from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Councils will gain access to £4bn worth of loans for capital projects from the new UK Infrastructure Bank - although experts have raised questions about the lending rate.
Leeds City Council has approved its budget for 2021-22, which will usher in £87.5m worth of budget reductions alongside redundancies and a 4.99% rise in council tax.
A High Court judge has thrown-out a legal challenge tabled by eight local authorities against lender Barclays Bank over historic Lender Option Borrower Option loans.
The government is considering whether a “system leader” could oversee local government audit in the future, after it rejected the Redmond review’s proposal of a statutory body.
UK councils’ efforts to tackle grant fraud are being hampered by the reallocation of resources to support efforts to respond to Covid-19, according to analysis from CIPFA.
Experienced local government finance officer Chris Buss is joining London Borough of Croydon as director of finance on an interim basis, after the resignation of current post holder Lisa Taylor.
Councils in England face setting aside an additional £2bn to help cover business rates appeals over the next two financial years due to Covid-19, unless central government support is forthcoming.
Sedgemoor District Council leader Duncan McGinty makes the case for a two-unitary solution to Somerset’s upcoming reorganisation of local government structures.
Reading Borough Council has scrapped plans to add to its commercial property portfolio due to Covid-19 and changes to Public Works Loan Board lending rules.
Covid-19 has left councils more than £1bn short of their expected council tax revenues. But what explains the wide variation among collection levels between different authorities? Kate Ogden, local...
The Department of Health and Social Care has published a white paper promising significant reforms to the structure of the NHS. PF rounds up the sector’s responses.
The government is close to approving two capitalisation directions worth £12.8m to help Eastbourne Borough Council meet funding gaps caused by Covid-19.
