The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has been warned it could be forced into a section 114 notice in a CIPFA report which found a flawed process for setting reserve levels.
Liverpool City Council has submitted a £1.4bn post coronavirus recovery fund to the government, aimed to prevent a socio-economic crisis deeper than the 1980s recession.
The Centre for Public Scrutiny and CIPFA have released a new guide for local authorities in England to support effective financial scrutiny following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Northern Ireland’s economic recovery from Covid-19 is predicted to be a “long-term endeavour” and likely take longer than the rest of the UK and Ireland, according to a report from think-tank Pivotal...
Virtual working and the reallocation of workers to new roles has given Durham County Council’s staff a better understanding of how their council operates, according to John Hewitt, corporate director...
Kerry Lorimer spoke to finance directors to find out how the new CIPFA financial management code was helping them understand the sustainability of their organisation’s finances.
England’s largest councils could be forced to make “large-scale reductions” in services in order to set legal budgets this year, according to a report from the County Councils Network.
Three councils in the North-West of England are to press on with the development of a community bank to help tackle financial inequality in the region, after the green light was given by the...
CIPFA has proposed a modification to its guidance for councils under budgetary pressure due to Covid-19, to give them the time and space to explore alternatives to freezing spending via section 114...
A government review into the risks of fraud and corruption in local government procurement has called for councils to make fraud-awareness training mandatory, after a majority of respondents conceded...
Ralph Sangster, cabinet member for Resources and Performance at Hertfordshire County Council tells PF how the authority is coping with the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and what it...
EU predicts deep and uneven recession, Covid-19 could drive half a million businesses to insolvency, US treasury to borrow a record $3trn this quarter - all in Numbers Game from the June 2020...
A public sector fund run by fund manager CCLA has reached £1bn for the first time since its launch in 2011, due to the financial uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
The Financial Reporting Advisory Board has considered options to report financial positions while maintaining accountability, writes CIPFA’s Don Peebles.
Liverpool’s combined authority has warned its funding gap could hit £250m as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and has written to the government calling for ‘fairer funding’.
Spelthorne Borough Council has received 90% of its March quarter rent due on its commercial assets, despite the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Local authorities have turned processes upside-down overnight, but staying true to key principles will keep them on track, argues corporate director of resources at the London Borough of Newham...