Suspected fraud relating to a housing maintenance contract led Guildford Borough Council to uncover widespread governance issues in its housing service, and the authority is now carrying out a review.
Staff at Liverpool City Council will target improvements to contract management and governance, after an independent report criticised a “fragmented, overly complex and poorly understood”...
Liverpool City Council’s failure to renew an electricity contract promptly could have cost the authority £7.5m more than if it had extended earlier, an independent report has found.
A council in the south of England is set to reverse a decision to terminate an energy contract, after its supplier’s link to the Russian government ended.
The government is set to amend legislation so that local authorities can exit contracts with Russian companies, ensuring public funds do not contribute to the nation’s “barbaric war machine”.
Liverpool City Council is set to pay a further £4.5m for its electricity this year, after delays meant it failed to agree a contract before its supplier suspended commercial services.
The government has spent almost £3bn on personal protective equipment not fit for purpose, and is currently disputing another £2.7bn of payments with suppliers, according to the National Audit...
Local government legislation restricting the role of politics in procurement decision-making provide a tough hurdle for councils hoping to ending contracts with Russian energy giant...
Up to 80% of private finance initiatives contracts set to expire by 2028 are not covered by a solid plan for the return to the public sector, according to government’s infrastructure body.
External auditors have issued a number of statutory recommendations to Sandwell Council, following what it said was a breakdown of relations between senior officers and members and a lack...
