External auditors have told Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council it needs to work out how it will balance its future budgets, warning that it lacks “appropriate arrangements” to run its...
Stormont’s departmental spending will exceed UK government funding by £660m in 2022-23 putting the devolved administration’s finances at risk, amid the lack of a formal budget, according to finance...
Local authorities in Scotland are set to have full autonomy over the council tax rates they can set next year, amid reductions in core funding, the Scottish government has announced.
Nottingham City Council has proposed more than £12.2m of new savings, to help manage a widening budget deficit next year, including closing multiple children’s centres.
The government has shied away from a fundamental reform of the business rate system in the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review, with experts saying councils still lack long-term...
A council faces a £920,000 hit to its reserves after a blunder saw pension payments wrongly removed from its 2020-21 accounts, according to an external auditor. ...
Tight funding settlements will leave Welsh authorities with difficult decisions on which services to prioritise, as the nation recovers from Covid-19, according to its spending watchdog.
CIPFA has praised Slough Borough Council’s finance director on the decision to publish a section 114, freezing all non-essential spending as the authority attempts to balance its budget.
The recently announced budget watchdog created to assess Northern Ireland’s public finances will not have “legally binding teeth” to prevent scandals such as that surrounding the green energy scheme.
Rishi Sunak has once again announced billions of pounds of spending as the government attempts to tackle the economic crisis caused by Covid-19, but has drawn criticism for failing to adequately...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will stand by the 2019 Conservative manifesto pledge and not raise income tax, VAT or national insurance in the upcoming budget, according to reports.
North Yorkshire County Council is proposing a 3.5% council tax rise – below the allowed maximum – for next year, despite a forecast medium term funding gap of £18m.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been asked by Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee asked to explain the arrangements put in place to help devolved administrations mitigate issues arising from the...
The upcoming review of the Treasury’s Green Book should limit private sector involvement in business cases to reduce complexity and increase transparency, according to think tank Centre for Cities.
Rishi Sunak has expanded the 100% business rates holiday to all leisure, retail and hospitality businesses, as he updated the Treasury's coronavirus package.
