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17 Sep 19
Local authority investment in shopping centres is expected to hit £1bn over a four-year period, analysis has found.
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4 Sep 19
CIPFA has appointed former president Andrew Burns as associate director for local government.
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23 Aug 19
Aberdeen City Council has taken out two loans from the Public Works Loan Board, bringing its total debt to the body to over £400m.
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23 Aug 19
English local authorities expect austerity to continue, according to CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman, as latest figures showed they have added to their reserve levels.
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22 Aug 19
Scotland’s net fiscal balance has improved slightly on last year, with an increase in revenues outstripping a rise in public sector expenditure, according to the latest figures.
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16 Aug 19
Crisis-hit Northamptonshire County Council is facing more financial hardship as its projected deficit more than tripled in six months.
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8 Aug 19
Northamptonshire County Council has appointed a new finance director and Section 151 officer as it prepares for reorganisation.
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7 Aug 19
Auditors have warned that the financial sustainability of NHS Lothian remains a “significant risk”, with a budget gap of £26m this year expected to spiral beyond £80m by 2021-22.
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29 Jul 19
Local authorities’ use of the Public Works Loan Board has rocketed in the last year, figures have shown.
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9 Jul 19
District councils are juggling a host of financial challenges as they face greater spending commitments at a time when funding is falling and when many of the challenges on the horizon are ‘unknowns’.
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4 Jul 19
CIPFA’s upcoming financial management code will set the scene - but organisations will benefit to a far greater extent when this is seen as part of a wider cultural shift towards collective...
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4 Jul 19
Pivotal choices loom on local government funding but if we don’t address what we expect from our councils we risk a system that fails to meet needs, says the IFS’ David Phillips.
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4 Jul 19
Northamptonshire County Council has reported a budget underspend - as the prime minister tells MPs she will seek to reorganise the local authority “as soon as practical”.
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2 Jul 19
Ileana Steccolini, who is speaking at the CIPFA conference on 10 July, looks at whether organisational capacities make a difference to local government financial resilience.
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28 Jun 19
CIPFA’s Financial Management code will be reworked into a “leaner” document that retains key standards of good financial management.
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28 Jun 19
“Serious concerns” remain over the finances of Clackmannanshire Council, which faces a budget gap of £23m over the next three years.
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18 Jun 19
The demands on upper-tier authorities to deliver costly social care services will be more accurately reflected in the forthcoming shake-up of local government funding, MPs have heard.
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16 Jun 19
In a feature article and editorial published online and in the June 2019 edition of Public Finance, we referred to a “litany” of high profile “audit failures” in recent years, including Lehman...
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14 Jun 19
Decentralising the financial system could rebalance growth across the country - and help local authorities as they become increasingly reliant on business rates, suggest Ben Gardiner and Ron...
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11 Jun 19
Managers have a vital role to play in promoting day-to-day health and wellbeing at work and supporting a cultural shift that will benefit both individuals and the organisation, writes CIPFA’s...
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6 Jun 19
Councils’ increasing reliance on business rates is a “20th century solution”, the housing, communities and local government committee has been told.
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4 Jun 19
An equity fund, which has been haemorrhaging clients, has barred a county council from accessing its “deteriorating” investment.
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29 May 19
The BBC has named 11 English councils at risk of exhausting their reserves entirely by 2024 if they continue to raid them at current rates.
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15 May 19
The government has approved plans to replace eight Northamptonshire councils with two unitaries.
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14 May 19
Brexit money, cash for the Windrush generation and puppy smuggling. All in May’s edition of Numbers Game.
17 Sep 19Local authority investment in shopping centres is expected to hit £1bn over a four-year period, analysis has found.
4 Sep 19CIPFA has appointed former president Andrew Burns as associate director for local government.
23 Aug 19Aberdeen City Council has taken out two loans from the Public Works Loan Board, bringing its total debt to the body to over £400m.
23 Aug 19English local authorities expect austerity to continue, according to CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman, as latest figures showed they have added to their reserve levels.
22 Aug 19Scotland’s net fiscal balance has improved slightly on last year, with an increase in revenues outstripping a rise in public sector expenditure, according to the latest figures.
16 Aug 19Crisis-hit Northamptonshire County Council is facing more financial hardship as its projected deficit more than tripled in six months.
8 Aug 19Northamptonshire County Council has appointed a new finance director and Section 151 officer as it prepares for reorganisation.
7 Aug 19Auditors have warned that the financial sustainability of NHS Lothian remains a “significant risk”, with a budget gap of £26m this year expected to spiral beyond £80m by 2021-22.
29 Jul 19Local authorities’ use of the Public Works Loan Board has rocketed in the last year, figures have shown.
9 Jul 19District councils are juggling a host of financial challenges as they face greater spending commitments at a time when funding is falling and when many of the challenges on the horizon are ‘unknowns’.
4 Jul 19CIPFA’s upcoming financial management code will set the scene - but organisations will benefit to a far greater extent when this is seen as part of a wider cultural shift towards collective...
4 Jul 19Pivotal choices loom on local government funding but if we don’t address what we expect from our councils we risk a system that fails to meet needs, says the IFS’ David Phillips.
28 Jun 19CIPFA’s Financial Management code will be reworked into a “leaner” document that retains key standards of good financial management.
28 Jun 19“Serious concerns” remain over the finances of Clackmannanshire Council, which faces a budget gap of £23m over the next three years.
18 Jun 19The demands on upper-tier authorities to deliver costly social care services will be more accurately reflected in the forthcoming shake-up of local government funding, MPs have heard.
14 Jun 19Decentralising the financial system could rebalance growth across the country - and help local authorities as they become increasingly reliant on business rates, suggest Ben Gardiner and Ron...
11 Jun 19Managers have a vital role to play in promoting day-to-day health and wellbeing at work and supporting a cultural shift that will benefit both individuals and the organisation, writes CIPFA’s...
6 Jun 19Councils’ increasing reliance on business rates is a “20th century solution”, the housing, communities and local government committee has been told.
4 Jun 19An equity fund, which has been haemorrhaging clients, has barred a county council from accessing its “deteriorating” investment.
14 May 19Brexit money, cash for the Windrush generation and puppy smuggling. All in May’s edition of Numbers Game.
