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3 Sep 21
Cabinet ministers are reportedly at loggerheads over which taxes to increase to ensure that long-awaited social care reforms are adequately funded.
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2 Sep 21
Getting collaboration right can make the difference between making the right decision and one that can have lasting negative consequences, says Nesta's Aleks Berditchevskaia.
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2 Sep 21
Mansfield District Council is set to sell a hotel it owns in Edinburgh, after the Covid-19 lockdown led to the operator saying the site was ‘unsustainable’.
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1 Sep 21
The Financial Reporting Council has filed a formal complaint against accountancy firm KPMG, in relation to allegations of supplying false and misleading information to the regulator's review of...
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1 Sep 21
The forthcoming Spending Review must take a cross-departmental view of efficiency savings, says National Audit Office director Simon Bittlestone.
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31 Aug 21
Coventry City Council is set to create a shareholder committee to manage commercial investments, in a bid to avoid financial difficulties experienced by some authorities.
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27 Aug 21
More frequent business rates valuations in England would be a “positive step” but must happen alongside other reforms to the wider council funding system, the Local Government Association has told...
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27 Aug 21
Local authority procurement body Public Sector Audit Appointments will reassess its proposal to increase the number of audit lots following a mixed response from the sector.
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27 Aug 21
Warrington Borough Council has defended an investment loan made to a company owned by a billionaire, saying the finance is secured against assets.
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25 Aug 21
Simon Gray, head of finance and operations at Agilisys discusses how modern financial management systems can help public sector finance directors embrace active financial planning and agile financial...
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25 Aug 21
Leeds City Council spent more than £27m of central government funding for a low emissions zone to help tackle pollution before scrapping its main element last year, it has emerged.
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23 Aug 21
Councils in England will be required to provide more information on reserve levels to the government, in a bid to improve Whitehall's understanding of financial risks.
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20 Aug 21
West Lothian Council has agreed to guarantee the financial position of a wholly-owned local leisure operator until the end of April, after Covid-19 impacted on its finances.
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20 Aug 21
Luton Borough Council has defended its annual capital borrowing limit, which will rise to £1bn over the next four years due to the “devastating impact” of Covid-19.
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20 Aug 21
Opening the public sector audit market to new entrants will require a collective, system-wide effort says Julie Schofield, senior manager of business and procurement at local authority audit body...
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19 Aug 21
A legal firm owned by three English councils saw profit more than double in 2020-21, as Covid-19 and remote working led to an increase in clients.
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18 Aug 21
The London Borough of Croydon has appointed its fourth finance director in less than three years, as the council strives to improve its financial situation.
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18 Aug 21
Shetland Island Council must reduce its reliance on reserves to help manage budgetary pressures in future years, according to the authority's finance chief.
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17 Aug 21
The government will compensate English and Welsh councils as it proposes moving responsibility for collecting more than £300m of business rates tax to the Treasury.
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16 Aug 21
An energy company partly owned by Warrington Borough Council reported losses of close to £4m last year, according to data filed with Companies House.
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13 Aug 21
Westminster City Council’s management of an over-budget local attraction which has become a national laughing stock has been branded ‘as an exercise in unaccountability’ by the authority's...
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11 Aug 21
CIPFA has launched a new value-for-money toolkit in partnership with the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) based within the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.
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11 Aug 21
The value of Spelthorne Borough Council’s commercial portfolio shrank by 5% last year, as Covid-19 hit property prices.
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10 Aug 21
Government proposals to limit commercial investment by local authorities, including the potential re-introduction of borrowing caps, are credit positive for the sector, according to ratings...
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10 Aug 21
City of Edinburgh Council has failed to identify the potential costs of exiting emergency Covid-19 traffic reduction schemes, according to its internal auditors.
3 Sep 21Cabinet ministers are reportedly at loggerheads over which taxes to increase to ensure that long-awaited social care reforms are adequately funded.
2 Sep 21Getting collaboration right can make the difference between making the right decision and one that can have lasting negative consequences, says Nesta's Aleks Berditchevskaia.
2 Sep 21Mansfield District Council is set to sell a hotel it owns in Edinburgh, after the Covid-19 lockdown led to the operator saying the site was ‘unsustainable’.
1 Sep 21The Financial Reporting Council has filed a formal complaint against accountancy firm KPMG, in relation to allegations of supplying false and misleading information to the regulator's review of...
1 Sep 21The forthcoming Spending Review must take a cross-departmental view of efficiency savings, says National Audit Office director Simon Bittlestone.
31 Aug 21Coventry City Council is set to create a shareholder committee to manage commercial investments, in a bid to avoid financial difficulties experienced by some authorities.
27 Aug 21More frequent business rates valuations in England would be a “positive step” but must happen alongside other reforms to the wider council funding system, the Local Government Association has told...
27 Aug 21Local authority procurement body Public Sector Audit Appointments will reassess its proposal to increase the number of audit lots following a mixed response from the sector.
27 Aug 21Warrington Borough Council has defended an investment loan made to a company owned by a billionaire, saying the finance is secured against assets.
25 Aug 21Simon Gray, head of finance and operations at Agilisys discusses how modern financial management systems can help public sector finance directors embrace active financial planning and agile financial...
25 Aug 21Leeds City Council spent more than £27m of central government funding for a low emissions zone to help tackle pollution before scrapping its main element last year, it has emerged.
23 Aug 21Councils in England will be required to provide more information on reserve levels to the government, in a bid to improve Whitehall's understanding of financial risks.
20 Aug 21West Lothian Council has agreed to guarantee the financial position of a wholly-owned local leisure operator until the end of April, after Covid-19 impacted on its finances.
20 Aug 21Luton Borough Council has defended its annual capital borrowing limit, which will rise to £1bn over the next four years due to the “devastating impact” of Covid-19.
20 Aug 21Opening the public sector audit market to new entrants will require a collective, system-wide effort says Julie Schofield, senior manager of business and procurement at local authority audit body...
19 Aug 21A legal firm owned by three English councils saw profit more than double in 2020-21, as Covid-19 and remote working led to an increase in clients.
18 Aug 21The London Borough of Croydon has appointed its fourth finance director in less than three years, as the council strives to improve its financial situation.
18 Aug 21Shetland Island Council must reduce its reliance on reserves to help manage budgetary pressures in future years, according to the authority's finance chief.
17 Aug 21The government will compensate English and Welsh councils as it proposes moving responsibility for collecting more than £300m of business rates tax to the Treasury.
16 Aug 21An energy company partly owned by Warrington Borough Council reported losses of close to £4m last year, according to data filed with Companies House.
13 Aug 21Westminster City Council’s management of an over-budget local attraction which has become a national laughing stock has been branded ‘as an exercise in unaccountability’ by the authority's...
11 Aug 21CIPFA has launched a new value-for-money toolkit in partnership with the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) based within the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.
11 Aug 21The value of Spelthorne Borough Council’s commercial portfolio shrank by 5% last year, as Covid-19 hit property prices.
10 Aug 21Government proposals to limit commercial investment by local authorities, including the potential re-introduction of borrowing caps, are credit positive for the sector, according to ratings...
10 Aug 21City of Edinburgh Council has failed to identify the potential costs of exiting emergency Covid-19 traffic reduction schemes, according to its internal auditors.
