Devolving control of some taxes to local authorities could harm the 'levelling up' agenda by deepening financial issues in poorer regions, a senior minister has warned.
The London Borough of Croydon has warned it is at risk of issuing a Section 114 notice next year, after auditors raised questions about the accounting treatment of £73m received from subsidiary...
An online sales tax to offset the loss of business rates income could raise up to £2.5bn a year and might cover all remote purchases – including those made via mail order and telephone – ...
The Department for Levelling up Housing and Communities could be forced to spend more of its budget removing dangerous Grenfell-style cladding, according to local government secretary Michael...
The government’s announcement that it will remove bespoke Covid-19 funding could reduce councils' capacity to respond to new pandemic outbreaks, according to sector leaders.
Senior local government expert Max Caller is set to lead a governance review commissioned by Northumberland County Council into senior officer and member conduct.
The London Borough of Newham has reached an out-of-court settlement with Barclays Bank over alleged rigging of borrowing rates on lender option borrower option (LOBO) loans, a deal...
The leader of Portsmouth City Council has suggested that the authority could withdraw its involvement from a community bank in which it has invested £15m, after a “worrying” lack of progress.
North Yorkshire County Council is set to use £7.7m of reserves to balance its 2022-23 budget, to smooth the transition to becoming a new unitary authority by avoiding cuts.
The London Borough of Croydon is set to sell two properties to reduce the amount of borrowing it needs to fund exceptional capital freedoms granted by central government.
Local authority organisations have warned that changes that would change the way councils account for debt servicing on commercial property borrowing could have a “devastating” impact on...
An Essex council is set to borrow up to £100m to lend to local businesses that cannot access mainstream lending for projects supporting regeneration within the borough.
The London Borough of Croydon has launched an internal fraud probe into a major council-run regeneration project, and has handed a critical public interest report from its auditors to the...
A North East council is hoping to release an audit report on one of its subsidiary companies, after initially refusing to do so because of a police investigation that now turns out not...
Warrington Borough Council has done a U-turn on its treasury management strategy policy of avoiding minimum revenue repayments on its commercial investment properties, a move that will cost it...