Local councils need ‘radical change’ to keep delivering for the people of Scotland, according to a recent report from the Accounts Commission. So, what about adopting a rights-based approach to...
A damning independent report on Thurrock Council’s investments highlights the risk of these strategies and the negative impact on services, CIPFA has warned.
Thurrock Council will need to cut services back to near the statutory minimum after “repeated failures” to manage major investment and regeneration projects led to substantial losses, a long-awaited...
Dwindling reserves and the need to make more than £50m of cuts to balance the 2023-24 budget have put Shropshire Council in an “extremely challenging” position, the Local Government Association...
The council’s additional minimum revenue provision this year – after being under-calculated for more than a decade – is nearly six times its core funding.
Administrators have begun selling the assets of a solar investment company to which Thurrock Council lent more than £650m, in order to repay the company’s debts.
The rise of electric vehicles will leave a £10bn hole in UK public finances within a decade as fuel duty revenue dwindles, and the government faces calls to overhaul road taxes to make up for it.
Insufficient data means the government has no understanding of what departments and combined authorities are spending on levelling up, MPs have warned.
Gloucester City Council has “done remarkably well” to deliver services despite being hit by a cyber attack that caused widespread disruption across the authority, a sector body has said.
A shrinking budget and higher spending needs could force Northern Irish departments to make £800m of cuts this year, the nation’s financial watchdog has warned.