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26 May 20
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.
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20 May 20
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...
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14 May 20
The government has been urged to step-way from a planned public sector pay freeze by union Unite.
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14 May 20
Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced plans to allocate an extra £600m to help infection control within care homes.
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13 May 20
Jake Bacchus, director of financial services at the London Borough of Waltham Forest, tells PF how the authority is coping with the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and what it is doing...
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12 May 20
Councils should look into the Municipal Bonds Agency for their borrowing, and the increasing number of authorities doing so shows it has an important role to play, argues law firm Browne Jacobson's...
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7 May 20
Colchester Borough Council has become the latest of around 20 authorities to furlough some staff in a bid to offset the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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7 May 20
Public sector procurement in April fell to a record low, with fewer than 900 new opportunities published, figures from government contract analysts Tussell show.
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7 May 20
The government has postponed the business rate revaluation by a year due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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6 May 20
During this unprecedented crisis, we have heard many fantastic stories of public sector finance professionals and their colleagues going the extra mile to help deliver frontline public services.
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1 May 20
Councils have criticised the government’s distribution of the latest tranche of Covid-19 funding to local authorities.
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1 May 20
Westminster City Council and Barnsley Borough Council are to participate in the first pooled bonds issued by the UK Municipal Bonds Agency.
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30 Apr 20
The government has confirmed a further delay to the Fair Funding Review for councils, due to the disruption caused by coronavirus.
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30 Apr 20
The County Councils Network has called for clarity from the government on emergency coronavirus funding, as adult social care costs have soared by almost £1bn.
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27 Apr 20
The coronavirus crisis has exposed the fragility of local authority finances, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has told MPs.
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27 Apr 20
Oldham County Council has become the latest to call on the government to provide further funding to authorities, as they struggle to offset costs incurred during the coronavirus pandemic.
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24 Apr 20
Hackney Council has warned that its funding gap could be as high as £19m this year, due to the cost of emergency coronavirus measures.
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24 Apr 20
The government has written to local authorities to confirm an extension to the deadline for statutory audit, due to the increased disruption caused by coronavirus.
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23 Apr 20
The leaders of all six Oxfordshire councils have warned that the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could leave some “financially unsustainable” – and urged the government to provide more funding.
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23 Apr 20
Government borrowing could reach as high as £300bn this year, due to the economic policies put in place to ease finances during the coronavirus pandemic, according to think-tank the Centre for Policy...
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23 Apr 20
Dundee City Council has warned that additional government funding to cover costs incurred as a result of the coronavirus crisis may not be sufficient.
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20 Apr 20
Second-home owners in England could receive a share of millions of pounds of government coronavirus grants, according to real estate adviser Altus Group.
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17 Apr 20
The UK government has introduced new measures to give local authorities greater financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic.
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7 Apr 20
CIPFA is concerned that regulators' refusals to radically simplify the 2019-20 Accounting Code will put public finance professionals under huge pressure and impact 2021-22 budgeting.
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6 Apr 20
The Welsh government has called on Westminster to deliver additional financial support for Cardiff Airport in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
26 May 20Spelthorne Borough Council has received 90% of its March quarter rent due on its commercial assets, despite the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
20 May 20Local 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...
13 May 20Jake Bacchus, director of financial services at the London Borough of Waltham Forest, tells PF how the authority is coping with the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and what it is doing...
7 May 20Public sector procurement in April fell to a record low, with fewer than 900 new opportunities published, figures from government contract analysts Tussell show.
6 May 20During this unprecedented crisis, we have heard many fantastic stories of public sector finance professionals and their colleagues going the extra mile to help deliver frontline public services.
1 May 20Councils have criticised the government’s distribution of the latest tranche of Covid-19 funding to local authorities.
30 Apr 20The government has confirmed a further delay to the Fair Funding Review for councils, due to the disruption caused by coronavirus.
30 Apr 20The County Councils Network has called for clarity from the government on emergency coronavirus funding, as adult social care costs have soared by almost £1bn.
27 Apr 20The coronavirus crisis has exposed the fragility of local authority finances, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has told MPs.
24 Apr 20The government has written to local authorities to confirm an extension to the deadline for statutory audit, due to the increased disruption caused by coronavirus.
23 Apr 20Government borrowing could reach as high as £300bn this year, due to the economic policies put in place to ease finances during the coronavirus pandemic, according to think-tank the Centre for Policy...
23 Apr 20Dundee City Council has warned that additional government funding to cover costs incurred as a result of the coronavirus crisis may not be sufficient.
20 Apr 20Second-home owners in England could receive a share of millions of pounds of government coronavirus grants, according to real estate adviser Altus Group.
17 Apr 20The UK government has introduced new measures to give local authorities greater financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic.
