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28 Jun 18
Local authorities could be rated on their financial resilience to help them with financial management under proposals from CIPFA.
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23 May 18
Northamptonshire County Council could face a 60% higher bill than expected for misspend public health grants, an independent audit report has found.
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9 May 18
London boroughs are “running out of road” to plug funding gaps in planning, culture and transport budgets especially, a think-tank has said.
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13 Apr 18
Troubled Northamptonshire County Council has appointed a new leader.
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29 Mar 18
Northamptonshire County Council will continue to make most of its own decisions, a letter from the local government secretary has revealed.
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15 Mar 18
Northamptonshire County Council should get a “new start” by being split into two separate councils following financial mismanagement, a government-commissioned inspection has said today.
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27 Nov 17
English upper-tier councils have eaten into their reserves due to social care pressures, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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2 Oct 17
Cash reserves have long been central to councils’ ability to respond to major incidents. As the cost of these rises, prevention needs to be a priority
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18 Jan 16
The debate over council reserves hasn’t gone away since Eric Pickles left the Department for Communities and Local Government. But council leaders are beginning to strike back.
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19 Nov 15
Greg Clark has today indicated that local authorities will face additional funding cuts after Department for Communities and Local Government figures showed a 73% increase in the level of reserves...
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11 Sep 15
Councils could be placed on ‘a fast tack to financial failure’ if the government implemented a policy to force authorities to spend their reserves to make up for cuts in funding, the...
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1 Jul 15
Almost all of the reserves held by UK councils have been committed to specific investments or to manage future risk, a CIPFA survey has revealed.
28 Jun 18Local authorities could be rated on their financial resilience to help them with financial management under proposals from CIPFA.
9 May 18London boroughs are “running out of road” to plug funding gaps in planning, culture and transport budgets especially, a think-tank has said.
13 Apr 18Troubled Northamptonshire County Council has appointed a new leader.
27 Nov 17English upper-tier councils have eaten into their reserves due to social care pressures, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
2 Oct 17Cash reserves have long been central to councils’ ability to respond to major incidents. As the cost of these rises, prevention needs to be a priority
18 Jan 16The debate over council reserves hasn’t gone away since Eric Pickles left the Department for Communities and Local Government. But council leaders are beginning to strike back.
19 Nov 15Greg Clark has today indicated that local authorities will face additional funding cuts after Department for Communities and Local Government figures showed a 73% increase in the level of reserves...
11 Sep 15Councils could be placed on ‘a fast tack to financial failure’ if the government implemented a policy to force authorities to spend their reserves to make up for cuts in funding, the...
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