Northampton Borough Council has approved proposals to borrow an additional £50m to help with the acquisitions of properties, in a bid to reduce homelessness in the borough.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has cancelled a £75m fire procurement project after an internal review identified a number of “structural flaws”.
Local authorities in Wales are set to receive an additional £260m in funding from Welsh Government, to help cover the increased costs resulting from Covid-19.
Cornwall Council is to become the first council in England to pass on government funding and provide financial support for parish and town councils impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has approved an action plan after a CIPFA report highlighted a lack of transparency around the financial implementation of capital schemes.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council have signed a contract with developer Urban and Civic to deliver a £1.2bn housing project.
Kirklees Council has agreed to underwrite up to £4m of losses to ensure the medium and long-term future of its leisure services provider Kirklees Active Leisure.
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has hinted that the government could introduce council tax and business rate reimbursement schemes to help local authorities deal with the financial...
Councils have demonstrated their value like never before in helping tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Finance departments may not be directly on the frontline, but their role ensuring that public money...
Half of new jobs by 2030 will be green, Record GDP fall in April, Global economy to plunge into worst recession since Second World War- all in Numbers Game from the July 2020 edition of Public...
Thurrock Council has rejected concerns raised in the Financial Times over its investment strategy, which has seen it borrow more than £1bn from other councils.
Moving away from current budgeting principles to ease the pressures of the Covid-19 response would be a retrograde step for local government, writes Rob Whiteman.
Transport for London has borrowed £169m in the last two months from the Public Works Loan Board, as it looks to tackle the financial losses resulting from Covid-19.
Secretary of state Robert Jenrick has told local authorities he will “try his best” to secure more government funding for councils if it is needed as councils struggle to deal with financial burdens...
PF reveals the scale of the financial challenge posed to councils by Covid-19 and hears how finance chiefs are tackling budgets, given the lack of funding clarity.
£500m additional Covid-19-related funding from central government is not enough to prevent cuts to local authority budgets, according to the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities.
Tuesday’s government announcement of infrastructure improvements will lead to more than £3bn extra spending this year relative to the Budget, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.