Capital spending by local authorities dropped by 8% during 2020-21 compared to the previous year as Covid-19 delayed projects and councils veered away from buying property due to changes in...
Fraud and error in pandemic support programmes have led to head of the National Audit Office Gareth Davies qualifying his opinion on the 2020-21 accounts of the Department for Business, Energy and...
An operator which runs Luton Airport is set to retain £45m of passenger income that was originally due to be paid to a subsidiary company of Luton Borough Council.
HMRC is expected to recoup less than half of the forecast £5.8bn lost through fraud and error on Covid-19 support schemes, according to the department's top civil servant.
The working balance of general fund reserves at cash-strapped Peterborough City Council is inadequate to deal with the financial risks the authority faces, according to its finance team.
The Department for Work and Pensions has been slammed by MPs for a lack of control over fraud and overpayments of Universal Credit, which soared to record levels last year.
An improving financial position for Wirral Council has led to the authority reducing the level of expected government support this year by £3.5m, according to its finance chief.
The administrative costs of Local Government Pension Schemes rose again last year, with one expert putting the rise down to due a rise in asset values.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a new set of fiscal rules in his second Budget, in a bid to reduce the public debt after the huge level of borrowing undertaken in response to Covid-19.
The Department for Work and Pensions’ Cyber Resilience Centre prevented £1.7bn of organised fraud against Universal Credit during the first nine months of Covid-19.
A council is to use £10.5m of reserves earmarked for tackling Covid-19 to slash the amount of capital borrowing needed to fund services under special arrangements approved earlier this year by...
More than 90% of local authority audit opinions for 2020-21 missed the extended September deadline, according to oversight body Public Sector Audit Appointments.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed an extension to cash incentives for hiring new apprentices, as well as the flagship KickStart scheme to help boost employment.
The level of fraud and error in benefit payments made in Northern Ireland rose again last financial year, leading to a spending watchdog issuing a qualified opinion.
Social care pressures saw some local authorities take “unorthodox measures” to balance their books, leading to a spike in upheld complaints last year, according to the sector's ombudsman.
