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15 Oct 21
Liverpool City Council has formally terminated a highways development contract after the construction firm carrying out the works went into administration.
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14 Oct 21
Hampshire County Council requires £80m of savings by the end of 2022-23 to balance its budget.
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14 Oct 21
The London Borough of Bexley has decided not to use £5.1m additional financing flexibilities it was granted by central government this year, due to a “sound” financial position.
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11 Oct 21
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. ...
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7 Oct 21
Dorset Council has said it needs to rethink the way it provides services, in light of a £36m forecast budget gap for the next two years.
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6 Oct 21
Slough Borough Council’s finance department has revised down its estimate of the level of developer contributions it is owed for local infrastructure by more than £5m.
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5 Oct 21
A decision by the government made this week for an economic check could make it harder for local government employers to meet pension obligations, according to an expert.
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20 Sep 21
Thanet District Council’s leader has requested central government support to improve governance at the authority, following disciplinary issues and legal disputes.
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14 Sep 21
The level of scrutiny and financial management placed on the government’s £37bn Test and Trace programme was “disappointing”, according to a senior Treasury official.
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7 Sep 21
Nottinghamshire County Council has reported a 12.5% increase in the cost of its flagship highways project, which one councillor warned could become “its HS2”.
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18 Aug 21
Shetland Island Council must reduce its reliance on reserves to help manage budgetary pressures in future years, according to the authority's finance chief.
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13 Aug 21
Westminster City Council’s management of an over-budget local attraction which has become a national laughing stock has been branded ‘as an exercise in unaccountability’ by the authority's...
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10 Aug 21
City of Edinburgh Council has failed to identify the potential costs of exiting emergency Covid-19 traffic reduction schemes, according to its internal auditors.
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9 Jul 21
Covid-19 and work overruns will mean Crossrail will exceed its current funding envelope, the government spending watchdog said in a report released today.
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30 Jun 21
Eight struggling local authorities will be subject to financial healthchecks by CIPFA as they await approval on £72.5m of government support, ministers have announced.
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28 Jun 21
A London borough has written off costs totalling more £7m after a regeneration programme was scrapped by the authority last year.
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28 Jun 21
Sara Pitt and Rebecca Hellard explain how they improved the performance of Birmingham City Council’s finance department.
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25 Jun 21
Peterborough City Council’s external auditors have raised serious concerns about the financial situation of the authority, which has become reliant on additional government support.
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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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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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22 Jun 21
CIPFA has praised Birmingham City Council’s financial management, just two years after a report criticised the arrangements at the authority.
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21 Jun 21
Leicestershire County Council is set to reject a £15m road grant from regeneration quango Homes England amid concerns over financing the costs of additional local infrastructure.
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18 Jun 21
Nottingham City Council has proposed insourcing its heating and electrical services company amid fears it would not pay back its debts to the council.
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18 Jun 21
Local authorities commercial investment needs a change focus, to help unlock latent potential in region, says Jonathan Werran, chief executive of think tank Localis.
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2 Jun 21
The London Borough of Croydon has delayed plans to scrap a project which would have seen the authority transfer housing assets to its pension fund.
15 Oct 21Liverpool City Council has formally terminated a highways development contract after the construction firm carrying out the works went into administration.
14 Oct 21Hampshire County Council requires £80m of savings by the end of 2022-23 to balance its budget.
14 Oct 21The London Borough of Bexley has decided not to use £5.1m additional financing flexibilities it was granted by central government this year, due to a “sound” financial position.
11 Oct 21A 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. ...
7 Oct 21Dorset Council has said it needs to rethink the way it provides services, in light of a £36m forecast budget gap for the next two years.
6 Oct 21Slough Borough Council’s finance department has revised down its estimate of the level of developer contributions it is owed for local infrastructure by more than £5m.
5 Oct 21A decision by the government made this week for an economic check could make it harder for local government employers to meet pension obligations, according to an expert.
20 Sep 21Thanet District Council’s leader has requested central government support to improve governance at the authority, following disciplinary issues and legal disputes.
14 Sep 21The level of scrutiny and financial management placed on the government’s £37bn Test and Trace programme was “disappointing”, according to a senior Treasury official.
7 Sep 21Nottinghamshire County Council has reported a 12.5% increase in the cost of its flagship highways project, which one councillor warned could become “its HS2”.
18 Aug 21Shetland Island Council must reduce its reliance on reserves to help manage budgetary pressures in future years, according to the authority's finance chief.
13 Aug 21Westminster City Council’s management of an over-budget local attraction which has become a national laughing stock has been branded ‘as an exercise in unaccountability’ by the authority's...
10 Aug 21City of Edinburgh Council has failed to identify the potential costs of exiting emergency Covid-19 traffic reduction schemes, according to its internal auditors.
9 Jul 21Covid-19 and work overruns will mean Crossrail will exceed its current funding envelope, the government spending watchdog said in a report released today.
30 Jun 21Eight struggling local authorities will be subject to financial healthchecks by CIPFA as they await approval on £72.5m of government support, ministers have announced.
28 Jun 21A London borough has written off costs totalling more £7m after a regeneration programme was scrapped by the authority last year.
28 Jun 21Sara Pitt and Rebecca Hellard explain how they improved the performance of Birmingham City Council’s finance department.
25 Jun 21Peterborough City Council’s external auditors have raised serious concerns about the financial situation of the authority, which has become reliant on additional government support.
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.
22 Jun 21CIPFA has praised Birmingham City Council’s financial management, just two years after a report criticised the arrangements at the authority.
21 Jun 21Leicestershire County Council is set to reject a £15m road grant from regeneration quango Homes England amid concerns over financing the costs of additional local infrastructure.
18 Jun 21Nottingham City Council has proposed insourcing its heating and electrical services company amid fears it would not pay back its debts to the council.
18 Jun 21Local authorities commercial investment needs a change focus, to help unlock latent potential in region, says Jonathan Werran, chief executive of think tank Localis.
2 Jun 21The London Borough of Croydon has delayed plans to scrap a project which would have seen the authority transfer housing assets to its pension fund.
