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27 Jul 21
It is too early to withdraw extraordinary monetary policy support, despite high inflation and growing employment, a Bank of England official has said.
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25 Jul 21
Poor quality assessments by departmental accounting officers have reduced the value for money of government spending during the Covid-19 pandemic, a Public Accounts Committee report has found.
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22 Jul 21
Tamworth Borough Council is the latest council to propose reducing its office space to help tackle budget pressures following Covid-19.
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22 Jul 21
Public sector unions will consult members on potential industrial action over a 3% pay rise from NHS workers, which has been branded “inadequate and underwhelming”.
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21 Jul 21
A rise in inflation saw the government’s debt interest costs more than double to £8.7bn in June, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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21 Jul 21
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have little headroom for extra commitments in the autumn Spending Review, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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19 Jul 21
The government will allocate a further £56m to tram and light rail services in England to help keep services running through the Covid-19 recovery period.
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16 Jul 21
A worst case scenario with repeated lockdowns and a slow economic recovery would leave a county council in southern England with a shortfall of £220.3m from next year until 2024-25, the...
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14 Jul 21
A unitary authority has unveiled plans to spend more than £100m on slashing its office space by three quarters, enabled by a rise in home working following Covid-19.
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13 Jul 21
A Home Counties council is set to close of two of its offices and pay staff working from home a bonus of £150 a year under plans expected to save it up to £200,000 a year.
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12 Jul 21
Hala Audi, chief executive of the Trinity Challenge, discussed big data and working across boundaries at last week’s Public Finance Live conference. We caught up with her to hear about how her...
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12 Jul 21
A London council says that it could face a shortfall of up to £50m between its Covid-19 spending and the money from central government to pay for the pandemic response
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9 Jul 21
Members at some larger local authorities are keen for staff to return to office working to help mitigate losses to regional economies, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman told delegates to his...
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6 Jul 21
The government has failed to budget for £30bn of additional costs resulting from Covid-19 over the next three years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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2 Jul 21
Warwickshire County Council has approved plans to borrow up to £130m over the next five years, which it intends to pass on to businesses to help their long-term recovery from Covid-19.
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2 Jul 21
David Good and Patricia Andrews Fearon from the University of Cambridge explain how a ‘zero-sum’ approach can hamper an organisation’s ability to flourish.
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1 Jul 21
A finance chief at a major local authority says a shortage of suitable candidates means filling senior finance roles with interim staff.
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30 Jun 21
Powys County Council has agreed to wind down a housing maintenance joint-venture next year, halfway through the original contract term, and insource the services.
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30 Jun 21
Government departments lack urgency in their efforts to measure fraud and error relating to Covid-19 spending, according to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.
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29 Jun 21
Luton Borough Council has agreed a £119m rescue package for the authority-owned company which runs Luton Airport, after Covid-19 slashed revenues.
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25 Jun 21
Sefton Council has approved plans to borrow £800,000 over the next three years to help improve the performance of an authority-owned shopping centre.
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24 Jun 21
Increased grant funding related to Covid-19 has led to a 500% increase in councils' forecast reserve spending this year, according to latest figures.
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23 Jun 21
Government figures released today show a sharp rise in business rate and council tax arrears - PF speaks to local authority finance officers about the factors behind the figures.
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22 Jun 21
Brentwood Borough Council forecasts a half million pound loss at its one of its leisure centres this year, after the operator went into insolvency.
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21 Jun 21
Ratings agency Fitch has raised its outlook on the UK after its better-than-anticipated response to the ongoing challenge of Covid-19 since the start of the year.
27 Jul 21It is too early to withdraw extraordinary monetary policy support, despite high inflation and growing employment, a Bank of England official has said.
25 Jul 21Poor quality assessments by departmental accounting officers have reduced the value for money of government spending during the Covid-19 pandemic, a Public Accounts Committee report has found.
22 Jul 21Tamworth Borough Council is the latest council to propose reducing its office space to help tackle budget pressures following Covid-19.
22 Jul 21Public sector unions will consult members on potential industrial action over a 3% pay rise from NHS workers, which has been branded “inadequate and underwhelming”.
21 Jul 21A rise in inflation saw the government’s debt interest costs more than double to £8.7bn in June, according to the Office for National Statistics.
21 Jul 21Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have little headroom for extra commitments in the autumn Spending Review, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
19 Jul 21The government will allocate a further £56m to tram and light rail services in England to help keep services running through the Covid-19 recovery period.
16 Jul 21A worst case scenario with repeated lockdowns and a slow economic recovery would leave a county council in southern England with a shortfall of £220.3m from next year until 2024-25, the...
14 Jul 21A unitary authority has unveiled plans to spend more than £100m on slashing its office space by three quarters, enabled by a rise in home working following Covid-19.
13 Jul 21A Home Counties council is set to close of two of its offices and pay staff working from home a bonus of £150 a year under plans expected to save it up to £200,000 a year.
12 Jul 21Hala Audi, chief executive of the Trinity Challenge, discussed big data and working across boundaries at last week’s Public Finance Live conference. We caught up with her to hear about how her...
12 Jul 21A London council says that it could face a shortfall of up to £50m between its Covid-19 spending and the money from central government to pay for the pandemic response
9 Jul 21Members at some larger local authorities are keen for staff to return to office working to help mitigate losses to regional economies, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman told delegates to his...
6 Jul 21The government has failed to budget for £30bn of additional costs resulting from Covid-19 over the next three years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
2 Jul 21Warwickshire County Council has approved plans to borrow up to £130m over the next five years, which it intends to pass on to businesses to help their long-term recovery from Covid-19.
2 Jul 21David Good and Patricia Andrews Fearon from the University of Cambridge explain how a ‘zero-sum’ approach can hamper an organisation’s ability to flourish.
1 Jul 21A finance chief at a major local authority says a shortage of suitable candidates means filling senior finance roles with interim staff.
30 Jun 21Powys County Council has agreed to wind down a housing maintenance joint-venture next year, halfway through the original contract term, and insource the services.
29 Jun 21Luton Borough Council has agreed a £119m rescue package for the authority-owned company which runs Luton Airport, after Covid-19 slashed revenues.
25 Jun 21Sefton Council has approved plans to borrow £800,000 over the next three years to help improve the performance of an authority-owned shopping centre.
24 Jun 21Increased grant funding related to Covid-19 has led to a 500% increase in councils' forecast reserve spending this year, according to latest figures.
23 Jun 21Government figures released today show a sharp rise in business rate and council tax arrears - PF speaks to local authority finance officers about the factors behind the figures.
22 Jun 21Brentwood Borough Council forecasts a half million pound loss at its one of its leisure centres this year, after the operator went into insolvency.
21 Jun 21Ratings agency Fitch has raised its outlook on the UK after its better-than-anticipated response to the ongoing challenge of Covid-19 since the start of the year.
