The government must provide authorities with enough funding to boost housebuilding, councils have said, in response to a report that warned the private sector will be unable to fix the housing crisis...
The government's fiscal credibility is at risk amid the possibility it announces pre-election tax cuts or spending later this year – on top of an upcoming Budget already based on ‘fiscal fiction’ – a...
Council-funded schools in England are “struggling to finance the basics” and will need £12.2bn of additional funding in 2024-25 to help reverse real-terms cuts to their core funding and meet other...
Inconsistent progress on delivering financial stability and improving culture at Slough Borough Council means the current three-year government intervention might not be long enough, commissioners...
Growing demand and increasing costs have worsened financial pressures in NHS Scotland that could put its long-term affordability at risk, the national watchdog has warned.
South Cambridgeshire District Council plans to continue its four-day working week, despite government opposition, claiming the pilot has improved staff recruitment and retention.
Cutting taxes ahead of this year’s general election would only meet the government’s fiscal rule if some departments face a “fresh round of austerity”, which is unlikely given the state of public...
Increasing the weekly maximum adult social care charge would partially offset the inflation councils have experienced, the Welsh Government has said while insisting it still plans to make care...
The additional funding that came alongside Stormont’s return might not be enough to deliver financial stability in Northern Ireland, the nation’s fiscal watchdog has warned.
A former officer at New Forest District Council has been jailed for almost five years after defrauding the authority of more than £88,000 through inflated maintenance work.
Improved data monitoring and expert review teams will help the Office for Local Government spot and support councils that could be at risk of financial failure, the government has claimed.
Lower-than-expected output at the end of 2023 meant the UK economy experienced a technical recession in the second half of last year, the Office for National Statistics has said.