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26 Oct 21
Local authority owned energy companies reported cumulative losses of £114m in the last four years, according to new analysis.
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25 Oct 21
Accountancy firms and membership bodies have signed up to a voluntary charter to help increase understanding and reduce levels of fraud.
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25 Oct 21
The government is set to appoint commissioners to take over governance and financial scrutiny at Slough Borough Council following two critical independent reviews.
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21 Oct 21
Next week’s Spending Review is likely to see the government indicate the future of delayed reforms to local authority finance, according to the government.
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20 Oct 21
Paying for measures to reach net zero requires revenue-raising mechanisms which do not hit the poorest hardest
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18 Oct 21
A council is to use £10.5m of reserves earmarked for tackling Covid-19 to slash the amount of capital borrowing needed to fund services under special arrangements approved earlier this year by...
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15 Oct 21
Liverpool City Council has formally terminated a highways development contract after the construction firm carrying out the works went into administration.
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14 Oct 21
Hampshire County Council requires £80m of savings by the end of 2022-23 to balance its budget.
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14 Oct 21
The London Borough of Bexley has decided not to use £5.1m additional financing flexibilities it was granted by central government this year, due to a “sound” financial position.
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13 Oct 21
Canterbury City Council is set to borrow up to £4m towards the cost of recladding three authority owned tower blocks, in preparation for new rules introduced following the Grenfell Tower...
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13 Oct 21
The behaviour of senior officers at Thanet Borough Council fell below “the standard expected on a number of occasions”, with the cost of resulting investigations putting the authority’s financial...
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12 Oct 21
More than 90% of local authority audit opinions for 2020-21 missed the extended September deadline, according to oversight body Public Sector Audit Appointments.
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12 Oct 21
Nottinghamshire County Council will need to borrow a further £70m to deliver capital projects and refinance loans, pushing its total debt close to £600m.
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11 Oct 21
The trading position of an energy company partly owned by Warrington Borough Council is deteriorating amid soaring energy prices.
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11 Oct 21
A council faces a £920,000 hit to its reserves after a blunder saw pension payments wrongly removed from its 2020-21 accounts, according to an external auditor. ...
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7 Oct 21
Dorset Council has said it needs to rethink the way it provides services, in light of a £36m forecast budget gap for the next two years.
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6 Oct 21
An over-budget highways project by Liverpool City Council has suffered a double whammy after its developer entered administration and budget estimates soared.
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6 Oct 21
English councils face a new funding gap of between £2.9bn and £4.5bn by 2025, according to new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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6 Oct 21
Slough Borough Council’s finance department has revised down its estimate of the level of developer contributions it is owed for local infrastructure by more than £5m.
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5 Oct 21
In a 1,000-word open letter to new communities secretary Michael Gove, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman says local government would welcome radical change to its functions and form in return for...
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4 Oct 21
With summer drawing to a close, minds turn toward the remaining months of 2021 and what lies ahead. Some may already be thinking of December’s festivities, but it will also be a month of ...
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1 Oct 21
Norfolk County Council is set to use community infrastructure levy income to finance debt repayments on new loans to help meet a £46m gap in its school building programme.
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1 Oct 21
The government must take seriously ideas for tax devolution, including local income and tourist levies, to give councils in England more certainty over funding, according to MPs.
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30 Sep 21
The level of fraud and error in benefit payments made in Northern Ireland rose again last financial year, leading to a spending watchdog issuing a qualified opinion.
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29 Sep 21
Two local authorities in Kent have decided to not take forward an option to build a shared office in the county, due to changes in working patterns.
26 Oct 21Local authority owned energy companies reported cumulative losses of £114m in the last four years, according to new analysis.
25 Oct 21Accountancy firms and membership bodies have signed up to a voluntary charter to help increase understanding and reduce levels of fraud.
25 Oct 21The government is set to appoint commissioners to take over governance and financial scrutiny at Slough Borough Council following two critical independent reviews.
21 Oct 21Next week’s Spending Review is likely to see the government indicate the future of delayed reforms to local authority finance, according to the government.
20 Oct 21Paying for measures to reach net zero requires revenue-raising mechanisms which do not hit the poorest hardest
18 Oct 21A council is to use £10.5m of reserves earmarked for tackling Covid-19 to slash the amount of capital borrowing needed to fund services under special arrangements approved earlier this year by...
15 Oct 21Liverpool City Council has formally terminated a highways development contract after the construction firm carrying out the works went into administration.
14 Oct 21Hampshire County Council requires £80m of savings by the end of 2022-23 to balance its budget.
14 Oct 21The London Borough of Bexley has decided not to use £5.1m additional financing flexibilities it was granted by central government this year, due to a “sound” financial position.
13 Oct 21Canterbury City Council is set to borrow up to £4m towards the cost of recladding three authority owned tower blocks, in preparation for new rules introduced following the Grenfell Tower...
13 Oct 21The behaviour of senior officers at Thanet Borough Council fell below “the standard expected on a number of occasions”, with the cost of resulting investigations putting the authority’s financial...
12 Oct 21More than 90% of local authority audit opinions for 2020-21 missed the extended September deadline, according to oversight body Public Sector Audit Appointments.
12 Oct 21Nottinghamshire County Council will need to borrow a further £70m to deliver capital projects and refinance loans, pushing its total debt close to £600m.
11 Oct 21The trading position of an energy company partly owned by Warrington Borough Council is deteriorating amid soaring energy prices.
11 Oct 21A council faces a £920,000 hit to its reserves after a blunder saw pension payments wrongly removed from its 2020-21 accounts, according to an external auditor. ...
7 Oct 21Dorset Council has said it needs to rethink the way it provides services, in light of a £36m forecast budget gap for the next two years.
6 Oct 21An over-budget highways project by Liverpool City Council has suffered a double whammy after its developer entered administration and budget estimates soared.
6 Oct 21Slough Borough Council’s finance department has revised down its estimate of the level of developer contributions it is owed for local infrastructure by more than £5m.
5 Oct 21In a 1,000-word open letter to new communities secretary Michael Gove, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman says local government would welcome radical change to its functions and form in return for...
4 Oct 21With summer drawing to a close, minds turn toward the remaining months of 2021 and what lies ahead. Some may already be thinking of December’s festivities, but it will also be a month of ...
1 Oct 21Norfolk County Council is set to use community infrastructure levy income to finance debt repayments on new loans to help meet a £46m gap in its school building programme.
1 Oct 21The government must take seriously ideas for tax devolution, including local income and tourist levies, to give councils in England more certainty over funding, according to MPs.
30 Sep 21The level of fraud and error in benefit payments made in Northern Ireland rose again last financial year, leading to a spending watchdog issuing a qualified opinion.
29 Sep 21Two local authorities in Kent have decided to not take forward an option to build a shared office in the county, due to changes in working patterns.
