Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council is to explore the possibility of selling some of its assets to avoid using £20m of government financing flexibilities this year.
The government’s flagship policy is at risk of failure without more targeted funding for schools, local authorities and public health, economists at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have said.
Councils could need to shrink projects they have submitted to the Levelling Up Fund because the government has refused to adjust the pot for inflation, a senior minister has said.
Failures in the local audit market are leading to “increasingly incomplete and unreliable” data in central government reporting with councils left in the dark over spending decisions, the Public...
Staff at Liverpool City Council will target improvements to contract management and governance, after an independent report criticised a “fragmented, overly complex and poorly understood”...
Shropshire Council must “radically change” its passive approach to ensure it can meet the financial challenges it faces, a peer review from the Local Government Association has found.
Leicester City Council is set to place three office buildings for sale or lease after the rise of hybrid working left the properties surplus to requirements.
Levelling up secretary Simon Clarke has fired a warning signal to councils that there will be “consequences” for perceived mismanagement following a series of high-profile government interventions.
The soaring cost of living combined with a decade of austerity could see up to a sixth of English councils fully deplete their reserves in 2023-24 without substantial spending cuts, experts have...
Council leaders have urged the government to “redouble” efforts to improve insulation and retrofit homes to increase fuel efficiency, saying new energy support measures will cost billions more than...
Local authorities have been urged by an external auditor to apply effective risk management to their subsidiary companies and other commercial activities to safeguard against financial risks.
