Concerns over how costs of a planned airport expansion were accounted for mean Luton Borough Council’s external auditors could qualify their opinion on four-year-old accounts still yet to be signed...
Giving county councils funding and power to encourage business growth and regional development could see rural areas close the gap with their city counterparts, leaders have said.
Failing to deliver £86m of cuts and effectively manage spending would put Kent County Council in a “perilous financial position” on the brink of issuing a section 114 notice, its external auditors...
Rising service demand and debt costs have led two borough councils to warn they risk issuing section 114 notices, with one perhaps coming as soon as October.
All non-essential spending has stopped at Birmingham City Council as officials reckon with an expected £860m hit from historic equal pay issues and a faltering IT system implementation.
Poor funding settlements and a perceived lack of respect from the Scottish and central government have prompted Orkney Islands Council to explore new governance arrangements, including potentially...
The shift to hybrid working and the need to cut running costs have prompted Hertfordshire County Council to propose transferring staff from its County Hall office.
Weak financial controls and a “culture which is not focused upon compliance” contributed to Nottingham City Council’s unlawful spending of housing money, an independent report has concluded.
A further £760m hit to Birmingham City Council’s finances from a 2012 court ruling means the authority needs to “take all necessary steps” to cut spending and avoid issuing a Section 114 notice.
The government will fail to reduce regional inequalities without matching the “serious level” of money spent developing East Germany following unification, an expert told Public Finance Live...
Fraud investigators will be unable to successfully tackle international money laundering and corruption without a significant increase in funding, delegates at Public Finance Live were told.
The failure of public bodies to adequately maintain their properties represents a ticking time bomb for local authorities, an expert told delegates at Public Finance live.
A “failure of management oversight and gross incompetence” within Renfrewshire Council contributed to the construction of a school as much as three times too small, an independent review has found.
Covid-19’s continued impact on passenger numbers led to the council company that owns Luton Airport making more than £230m of losses in its most recently published accounts, but the council has...
The lack of internal scrutiny ahead of Thurrock Council’s collapse proves the importance of councillor training and financial understanding, experts have said.