Increased service demand and soaring inflation have created a “perfect storm”, according to the finance director of an English county council forecasting a medium-term funding gap of up to £200m a...
External auditors for a council in north-east England have threatened to issue statutory recommendations because “deep-rooted” relationship issues between officers and councillors are undermining...
Councils in England need long-term, non-competitive funding and a clear strategy for the local delivery of net zero to help achieve emissions goals, a local authority organisation has said.
The current level of information held by central government on local authority owned subsidiaries is weak, according to an expert who also suggested departments could be requesting additional data.
The portal to submit bids for part two of the Levelling up Fund will go live in the coming days following a month-long delay, a senior civil servant has said.
A lack of taxes on wealth means young people are left paying a disproportionate share of the tax burden, despite older people generally being wealthier, an expert has said.
Brighton and Hove City Council will perform six-monthly “cash sweeps” of the company running a local landmark, in order to repay the millions the authority lent it to help get the attraction running.
CIPFA chief economist Jeffrey Matsu explains how the new Local Government Finance Model, produced by the institute alongside the IFS and District Councils’ Network, can help authorities plan their...
An East Anglian council has claimed the government “short-changed” the authority with the level of support promised through its post-Brexit development fund, meaning “careful planning” is needed to...
Crisis-hit Nottingham City Council has come out against government plans to appoint a commissioner to oversee the authority following unlawful spending, saying it has made “solid progress” on...
The Northern Irish spending watchdog has found that a council’s agreements relating to two pieces of land were unlawful, with auditors saying the deals point to a culture of “bypassing best practice...
An authority that borrowed almost £8m to construct a new building for post-Brexit border checks has urged the government to reimburse its costs after new controls were delayed, meaning the facility...
The London Borough of Croydon has pledged to carry out a deep dive into its finances to get a greater understanding of the risks it faces as it attempts to improve its long-term stability.
Internal auditors for a city council in south-west England have found that officers are failing to follow regulations on regularly filing declarations on conflicts of interest.
Councils in England will need to tighten their budgets and prioritise spending on core services as inflation piles pressure on resources, a Treasury minister has warned.
The combined impact of Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis will see a city council make “tough choices” on services as budget cuts of close to 20% loom.
Nottingham City Council has called the government’s announcement it could step in to run some of the authority’s services “clearly disappointing”, saying it is already making improvements by itself.
A council in the south of England is set to reverse a decision to terminate an energy contract, after its supplier’s link to the Russian government ended.
Organisations need to take decisive action to improve the scope and role of internal audit, to avoid weakening risk-management and oversight, says Diana Melville.
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove was unable to confirm how the government will fund the proposed expansion of the right-to-buy scheme, but urged MPs to “watch this space”.